Ratty’s River - Limited Edition Lithography Print

Ratty’s River - Limited Edition Lithography Print

$243.00 USD

Companion print to The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Handmade lithograph featuring a landscape near a river. Limited and numbered edition signed by artist. The miniature image in this fine art edition is 1 29/32 in. x 25/32 printed in black ink on hand-torn piece of German etching paper measuring 3 9/16 in. x 2 3/16 in. Made & Printed in the USA. Categories: Al Young, Kenneth Grahame, Limited Edition Print Collection 14, Lithograph & The Wind in the Willows

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Ratty’s River - Limited Edition Lithography Print by Al Young

Ratty’s River - Limited Edition Lithography Print


by Al Young




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Lithography, drawing and experimentation (overview)

By Al R. Young
When I began experimenting with lithography in 1996, I focused on tonal rendering instead of line drawing because tonal pencil drawings had occupied much of my attention as an artist up until that time.
The work of artists whose interests draw them toward line as a means of expression has always delighted me, but my own interests invariably drew me toward tone instead.  I came to realize that were I to pursue line, I would have to study idiom and technique before I could express the subject; indeed, before I could even discover my own artistic identity in terms of line and then complete the long and arduous journey toward mastery... Read more »

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Limited Edition Prints: All 14 editions by the Artists of Al Young Studios

By Al R. Young The Limited Edition Collection consists of 66 artworks hand drawn as lithographic images by Al R. Young and Ashton Young, respectively.  These finely crafted miniatures were then printed in collaboration with artist and master printer Wayne Kimball.

The process by which these artworks were produced, including the documentation of their creation, make them collectible in the finest tradition of original, signed, numbered, and limited-edition fine art prints.

Links to the following editions take you to the documentation and commentary for the edition as well as the commercial product page for each artwork in the edition... Read more »

Tags: Elspeth’s Hollyhocks, North Shore, Nasturtium, Wald Kirche, Old Dominion, Scabiosa, A Boy’s Prayer, Foxglove, Moonlit, Waiting, Untitled, Narcissus on beige paper, Narcissus on gray paper, July, The Almira, Columbine, Maine, Final Draft,


Limited Edition Prints: Edition 14 published

By Al R. Young The key image(s) for this edition (these editions) of original lithographs (was) were hand-drawn by the artist on a single slab of Bavarian limestonemany years ago.  The pale colored flats were prepared on an aluminum plate by the printer.  Processing, proofing, printing, and all curatorial work were done by hand by Wayne Kimball in his studio.  Trial proofing took place early in July 2003, and final edition printing was completed on 2003 July 19.

This edition (these editions) of original lithographs is (are) comprised only of the impressions enumerated in the following table... Read more »

Tags: Anne Girl, The Pond, Tacy, Anthony Trollope 1, Ratty’s River, 2003, Limited Editions Collection, News


Limited Edition Prints: Lithographic fine art printing process

By Al R. Young
The following photographs summarize the lithographic printing process by which Al R. Young and W. Wayne Kimball collaborated to produce 55 of the limited edition prints available from Al Young Studios.  Wayne also collaborated with Ashton Young to produce a limited-edition of prints in 1999.
Limestone slabs, quarried in Bavaria, serve as the printing element, placed in the press bed, from which the prints were made.  Each stone weighs approximately 100 lb., is 3 in. thick, and has a drawing surface measuring 16 in... Read more »

Tags: Elspeth’s Hollyhocks, North Shore, Nasturtium, Wald Kirche, Old Dominion, Scabiosa, A Boy’s Prayer, Foxglove, Moonlit, Waiting, Untitled, Narcissus on beige paper, Narcissus on gray paper, July, The Almira, Columbine, Maine, Final Draft,