1988 New Zealand Etching Print "Before the Fall" by Mary E. Taylor (b.1948)(ScD)

Up for sale from a recent estate in Honolulu Hawaii, this 1988 New Zealand limited edition 27/90 large color etching on paper that is titled "Before the Fall" depicting a forest 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 25 inches x 15.25 inches

Sheet 29 inches x 20 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 print was taken out of its frame and although it was photographed in its mat it will be mailed rolled up in a mailing tube (due to its size)