Object Description
Per the Catalogue Raisonne (Intro by Joseph Goldyne and Essay by Bob Hicks) page 481:
“Steve” is one of two prints made from the series of drawings known as “Punks” that the artist began in the mid-1980’s and worked on through the early 1990’s. One known graphite and colored pencil drawing exists for this print, plus numerous color proofs, trial proofs, and stage proofs. Many of the stage proofs have artist’s notes to the printer and color notations. Printer’s documentation states that this edition was printed “from three 16 gauge copper plates executed entirely by the artist as a hardground etching with drypoint (electric engraving) and burnishing [plate 1], and aquatint with drypoint [plates 2, 3].” Documentation notes collaboration dates of April 26, 1989 – November 20, 1990; release date December 15, 1990; cancellation March 7, 1991. This print was illustrated in “Beth Van Hoesen: Works on Paper” (Chronicle Books and John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 1995); and in “Beth Van Hoesen: The Observant Eye” (Fresno Art Museum CA, and University Art Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, 2009).
