Editions & Works on Paper 
8 August 2023
Editions & Works on Paper 
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Donald Baechler 1956–2022

Starfish

1999
soft-ground etching and aquatint in colors on Magnani Pescia image: 10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm) sheet: 22 h × 17 w in (56 × 43 cm)
estimate: $500–700
result: $710
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Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘12/34 Donald Baechler 99’. This work is number 12 from the edition of 34 printed by Harlan & Weaver, New York and published by Baron/Boisante Editions, New York.

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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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