Lot #23: RARE Large Audubon- Loates Print 38cm x 48cm

Audubon Loates BLUE HERON signed, Publishers Proof 38cm x 48cmcondition - see the photos for best description of condition - sold as shown, very clean - measures - Stallion vellum, Bright White, 100% rag. ph neutral archival stock - Watermarked with three brass dye blind embossed seals. Signed and numbered in pencil. Regal format, octave size + ample margins Bright Colours , Sharp ! M. Bernard LoatesMurphy Bernard LoatesBorn in 1945 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bernard, the son of a Toronto Commercial artist, was one of four gifted brothers and the twin brother of the internationally famous wildlife painter Glen Loates. Brought up on what were the outskirts of Willowdale, which was still rural in the 1950s, Bernie and his brother Glen drew close to nature and both developed a passion for the outdoors and being a student of fine art. Their first major influence was by the famous Toronto painter Frederick Brigden. Mr. Brigden painted the pastoral scenes of the Don Valley with its cows and other domestic animals. The two Loates boys were taught by the aging Mr. Brigden in capturing animal anatomy on canvas and it directed their course ahead. Both Bernard and Glen would sketch with prodigious energy on the banks of the Don River and at the Citys Riverdale Zoo. Bernard pursued the art of printmaking and advanced to become the most important printer in Canada. In the mid 60s Bernie founded Nature Impressions, a wildly successful business that printed Glens art in limited edition and open edition form. Bernies business acumen is legendary in the Loates family. Hes got a definite Midas touch, say Jim Loates, a third brother. In 74, Bernies own publishing company, Cerebrus Publishing masterminded the production of The Art of Glen Loates in both trade and limited editions. The trade edition, co-published with Prentice-Hall had a second printing of 35,000, making it the best-selling collection of any living Canadian artists work. As remarkable as the success of the trade edition was, it was the limited edition of 300 that truly broke records. With an initial subscriber price of $600 in 75, the resale value had rocketed to $4,890 before the book even appeared in September of that year, and in January of 76 a Texan sold a copy of $5,200. Printed on 100-per-cent rag paper and hand-bound in steer hide, each volume came in a hand-rubbed cherry wood case along with an original Loates lithograph of a North American bison. When two top publishing houses and film separating houses turned down the project claiming the quality the Loates brothers demanded was impossible to attain, Bernie spent four years solving the technical difficulties on his own. He hired a European colour specialist and bought his own press. Bernard devised a new method of getting the ink to sit on the high quality, highly porous paper.
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