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Donald Baechler 1956–2022

Boy's Life

2007
etching and aquatint 46 h × 17½ w in (117 × 44 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
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Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge '7/115 Donald Baechler 07'. This work is number 7 from the edition of 115 published by Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, Barcelona.
provenance: Private Collection, Chicago

This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.

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There is that element of alchemy in painting, sometimes things just don’t work. If they did work all the time, that would make the process pretty boring. One reason I build my surfaces up is because I don’t really want to know what the line is going to do. I want this built-in fracture; when I drag the brush along the canvas I don’t want it to be a smooth, easy voyage—I want some problems along the way.

Donald Baechler

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