Alfred Einstein Portrait deals 1935

deals Rare Portrait of Albert Einstein
Vintage 1935 Gravure
Beautiful image for framing or as a gift.

Photographer / Artist: Tony Von Horn
Title / Date: Albert Einstein, 1935

Process / Medium: sheet fed gravure

Image Size: 8 x 10 inches

Sheet Size: 8.25 x 11.75 inches

Condition: Excellent. Slight yellowing on the edges of the 80+ year old paper.

Provenance: Extracted from a vintage first edition of the 1936 U.S. Camera Annual. A Certificate of Authenticity is provided.

Technical Details: Printed by Beck Engraving Company using the sheet fed gravure process. A beautiful print.

About Sheet Fed Gravure and Beck Engraving -- Before the widespread use of photo offset printing in the early 1940s, many photographic and fine art books and periodicals were printed using the sheet fed gravure process. This technology differs from the hand pulled gravures featured in Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Work" and made famous by artists such as Alvin Langdon Colburn and Paul Strand. In sheet fed gravure printing the copper printing plate used to create the image was first exposed to a ruled screen rather than being dusted with rosin to create the screen pattern (as was used with plates to be hand printed using an etching press.) Yet the process was still based on the intaglio principle whereby the depth of impressions on the printing plate control the lightness or darkness of the image rather than the dot pattern used in offset printing. Sheet fed gravure also used a flexible plate that could be bent around the cylinder of a mechanized printing press rather the thick plate used on a flat bed etching press. Unlike offset printing, sheet fed gravure has virtually no visible screen pattern. The rotary press was also capable of laying down a heavy load of ink, resulting in extremely rich blacks. Additionally, because of the infinite range of depth of the etched wells that carried the ink, beautiful gradations in the highlight areas could be achieved. In the mid-1930s before offset printing became widespread, a number of photographic publications, including the Leica and U.S. Camera annuals, were printed in sheet fed gravure by the Beck Engraving Company, a leading gravure printer. Karl Blossfeltd's famous botanical images were gravure printed as were the pictorial images of Adolf Fassbender and the legendary French magazine "Arts et Metiers."

About Bruce Parker Studio -- Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, we offer affordable fine art photographs including gravures, silver prints, pigment inkjet prints, platinum prints, dye transfer, and Type C prints. The studio has a full wet process photo lab, as well as facilities for digital scanning and printing. Owner Bruce Parker has worked in the field of fine art photography for over a half century and is an expert printer. He believes everyone who loves photography should consider owning and collecting beautiful photographs. We absolutely guarantee the authenticity and stated provenance of each work we sell. For more information about our studio please visit www.bruceparkerstudio.com.

Shipping: We ship via USPS, usually within 24 hours, always within 48. Prints are placed in a crystal clear mylar enclosure along with a with a backing sheet of 2-ply acid-free board. This enclosure is placed is a special cardboard mailer with Do Not Bend labels added. Sorry, we do not ship outside the USA.

Returns: You may return any item in the condition in which it was received within 7 days if you are not completely satisfied for any reason.