1987 New Zealand Etching Print "Kauri Track" by Mary E. Taylor (b.1948)(ScD)

Up for sale from a recent estate in Honolulu Hawaii, this 1987 New Zealand framed color etching on paper that is titled "Kauri Track" depicting a bird on a root in a forest setting and is signed by the artist Mary E. Taylor (born 1948). The condition is described above for more information please check the photos.

Measurements:

Print 9 inches x 6 inches

Frame 18.25 inches x 15.25 inches

More about the artist:

Mary Taylor (born 1948) is a New Zealand artist and children's author.


Mary Taylor was born in Devonport, Auckland in 1948. She was educated at the University of Auckland and Massey University.


Formerly a teacher, Taylor has worked as a professional artist since 1983. Taylor is known for etchings and paintings. She follows a traditional process in her etchings, involving nitric acid, zinc plate, a manual etching press, and hand coloring each work. Her paintings primarily use acrylic and oils. Taylors works are grounded in realism and predominantly of New Zealand's flora and fauna.


Taylor has exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and internationally, in New York and Beijing, as part of exhibitions of New Zealand art.

She is the author of Old Blue: The Rarest Bird in the World, winner of the AIM Children's Book Awards non-fiction award in 1994.

Condition: 

The print and frame are overall in good pre-owned condition, the paper with faint brown spotting throughout, the print was not inspected out of the frame, the wooden frame is in good shape, the inside of the glass is dirty and should be opened up and cleaned, the print can be shipped without the frame,