Set of 3 Original Prints – 1994 Intaglio & Woodcut, Signed, Fresh Finds Collection by Kenney Mencher (Set #5)
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These prints are from 1994, pulled from my flat files for the Fresh Finds project. They're original prints I made during my last year of grad school—experimental, direct, and full of me figuring out what kind of artist I wanted to be. I made them with traditional intaglio and aquatint techniques and printed them by hand on thick, deckled-edge paper.
Rear Window
This one is an artist’s proof from the first state. It’s small—just 4x6 inches—but dense with texture and atmosphere. I was working out space, light, and narrative in a very quiet way. You’ll see strong diagonal shadows, a figure in a fedora, and a framed scene-within-a-scene in the upper right window.
Avoidance
This is a reduction woodcut, a printmaking method where you carve and print the same block in stages, destroying the previous version as you go. That’s what makes reduction prints impossible to reprint—this one is 6 out of a 8 print run. There’s a scratchy, energetic tension in this one, from the body language to the diagonals cutting through the background. The shapes are geometric and angular, but still naturalistic enough to read as real space and figures. It’s asymmetrically balanced and intense.
Gretas
A classic intaglio and aquatint print from my second state. You can see me developing my interest in psychological space through a woman’s back as she stands at a window. Her form is modeled with chiaroscuro, but it’s not fully realistic—it’s stylized through simplification and texture. The print has strong vertical and horizontal framing with the window panes and lamp balancing the composition. This is one of a small edition of four.
All of these are unframed and in good condition, though they’ve lived in a flat file drawer for decades. These pieces were stepping stones for me—where I started making the kinds of compositions and moods I still explore today.
Details (applies to all three prints):
Mediums: intaglio, aquatint, and reduction woodcut
Sizes:
Rear Window: image approx. 4x6 inches
Avoidance: image approx. 11x14 inches
Gretas: image approx. 11x15 inches
Year: 1994
Paper: archival printmaking paper with deckled edges
Condition: excellent, stored flat and never framed
Edition:
Rear Window: artist’s proof (state 1)
Avoidance: 6/8
Gretas: 2/4 (state 2)
Signed: yes, all are signed in pencil
FREE SHIPPING
Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks
This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
These prints are from 1994, pulled from my flat files for the Fresh Finds project. They're original prints I made during my last year of grad school—experimental, direct, and full of me figuring out what kind of artist I wanted to be. I made them with traditional intaglio and aquatint techniques and printed them by hand on thick, deckled-edge paper.
Rear Window
This one is an artist’s proof from the first state. It’s small—just 4x6 inches—but dense with texture and atmosphere. I was working out space, light, and narrative in a very quiet way. You’ll see strong diagonal shadows, a figure in a fedora, and a framed scene-within-a-scene in the upper right window.
Avoidance
This is a reduction woodcut, a printmaking method where you carve and print the same block in stages, destroying the previous version as you go. That’s what makes reduction prints impossible to reprint—this one is 6 out of a 8 print run. There’s a scratchy, energetic tension in this one, from the body language to the diagonals cutting through the background. The shapes are geometric and angular, but still naturalistic enough to read as real space and figures. It’s asymmetrically balanced and intense.
Gretas
A classic intaglio and aquatint print from my second state. You can see me developing my interest in psychological space through a woman’s back as she stands at a window. Her form is modeled with chiaroscuro, but it’s not fully realistic—it’s stylized through simplification and texture. The print has strong vertical and horizontal framing with the window panes and lamp balancing the composition. This is one of a small edition of four.
All of these are unframed and in good condition, though they’ve lived in a flat file drawer for decades. These pieces were stepping stones for me—where I started making the kinds of compositions and moods I still explore today.
Details (applies to all three prints):
Mediums: intaglio, aquatint, and reduction woodcut
Sizes:
Rear Window: image approx. 4x6 inches
Avoidance: image approx. 11x14 inches
Gretas: image approx. 11x15 inches
Year: 1994
Paper: archival printmaking paper with deckled edges
Condition: excellent, stored flat and never framed
Edition:
Rear Window: artist’s proof (state 1)
Avoidance: 6/8
Gretas: 2/4 (state 2)
Signed: yes, all are signed in pencil
FREE SHIPPING
Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks
This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
These prints are from 1994, pulled from my flat files for the Fresh Finds project. They're original prints I made during my last year of grad school—experimental, direct, and full of me figuring out what kind of artist I wanted to be. I made them with traditional intaglio and aquatint techniques and printed them by hand on thick, deckled-edge paper.
Rear Window
This one is an artist’s proof from the first state. It’s small—just 4x6 inches—but dense with texture and atmosphere. I was working out space, light, and narrative in a very quiet way. You’ll see strong diagonal shadows, a figure in a fedora, and a framed scene-within-a-scene in the upper right window.
Avoidance
This is a reduction woodcut, a printmaking method where you carve and print the same block in stages, destroying the previous version as you go. That’s what makes reduction prints impossible to reprint—this one is 6 out of a 8 print run. There’s a scratchy, energetic tension in this one, from the body language to the diagonals cutting through the background. The shapes are geometric and angular, but still naturalistic enough to read as real space and figures. It’s asymmetrically balanced and intense.
Gretas
A classic intaglio and aquatint print from my second state. You can see me developing my interest in psychological space through a woman’s back as she stands at a window. Her form is modeled with chiaroscuro, but it’s not fully realistic—it’s stylized through simplification and texture. The print has strong vertical and horizontal framing with the window panes and lamp balancing the composition. This is one of a small edition of four.
All of these are unframed and in good condition, though they’ve lived in a flat file drawer for decades. These pieces were stepping stones for me—where I started making the kinds of compositions and moods I still explore today.
Details (applies to all three prints):
Mediums: intaglio, aquatint, and reduction woodcut
Sizes:
Rear Window: image approx. 4x6 inches
Avoidance: image approx. 11x14 inches
Gretas: image approx. 11x15 inches
Year: 1994
Paper: archival printmaking paper with deckled edges
Condition: excellent, stored flat and never framed
Edition:
Rear Window: artist’s proof (state 1)
Avoidance: 6/8
Gretas: 2/4 (state 2)
Signed: yes, all are signed in pencil
