Bill Ritchie Artwork in the

Paul Matsumura Collection

 

"Locus and the Sea Squares"

1982. Cyanotype, intaglio, and relief print. Blue, gray,  red-orange and black  on 21 1/2 X 15 in. papers, 29 X 20 1/2 in. Japanese paper. No. 69, from variable edition of 141 prints. Signed lower right. 

Artist's Statement: "This print is from a series of 141 trial proofs and artist's proofs in "cycles" of around 15 each, and each in a different color combination. I made them in the processes of cyanotype, woodcut, and intaglio techniques. This one was part of a series I made in Bozeman, Montana, during a workshop I gave there at the University. The result of all this is a series of monotypes. The images are from three sources: A map of the Colorado River, at the Crossing of the Fathers; the leaf shape I call locus--the path of a moving point (drawn to establish data in a computer program);  Finally, The Great Wave was drawn from the famous print by Hokusai." This print is one of the few with the "Two Loci" print in the bottom.


You can see variations of this print in these patrons' collections:

Marnie Briggs  /  Buzz Pearson

You can get a 30 minute "live" video of the process of printing this print. Pricing is available from ritchie@emeralda.com, and the printed transcript can now be downloaded free by selecting: Transcript

Send E-mail to the artist for information and availability of similar prints:
ritchie@emeralda.com