GOLDEN EAGLE MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE LIMITED EDITION PRINT - A. PETRAKOV CIRCA 1950S

A STRIKING MID-CENTURY COLOUR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT DEPICTING A MAJESTIC GOLDEN EAGLE PERCHED UPON WEATHERED OCHRE-TONED ROCKY OUTCROPS, SET AGAINST A DRAMATIC ALPINE LANDSCAPE OF SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS RENDERED IN SOFT BLUES AND PURPLES. THE COMPOSITION DEMONSTRATES MASTERFUL USE OF WARM AND COOL TONES, WITH THE EAGLE'S RICH BROWN AND GOLDEN PLUMAGE COMMANDING THE FOREGROUND WHILST THE MOUNTAINOUS VISTA RECEDES INTO ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE.

IDENTIFICATION:
- ARTIST: A. PETRAKOV
- MEDIUM: COLOUR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT
- LIMITED EDITION: 9 OF 49
- PERIOD: CIRCA 1950S, EUROPEAN PRODUCTION
- TITLE: GOLDEN EAGLE (AS PRINTED ON MARGIN)

DIMENSIONS:
- HEIGHT: APPROXIMATELY 28 CM
- WIDTH: APPROXIMATELY 35 CM

CONDITION: THE PRINT ITSELF REMAINS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH VIBRANT COLOUR SATURATION THROUGHOUT THE IMAGE AREA. MINOR AGE-RELATED YELLOWING IS PRESENT TO THE PAPER MARGINS AND VERSO, CONSISTENT WITH MID-CENTURY PAPER STOCK AND NATURAL AGEING. NO TEARS, CREASES, OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE PRINT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED BEHIND GLASS, PROVIDING PROTECTION FROM FURTHER DETERIORATION. LIGHT SURFACE DUST PRESENT TO GLASS ONLY.

PRESENTATION: MOUNTED IN A SIMPLE BLACK WOODEN FRAME WITH GLASS PROTECTION. THE FRAME IS FUNCTIONAL AND PROTECTIVE, THOUGH NOT ORIGINAL TO THE PRINT'S CREATION PERIOD.

THIS IS A NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION PRINT FROM A RUN OF 49, MAKING IT A COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE OF MID-CENTURY EUROPEAN WILDLIFE ART. THE TECHNICAL EXECUTION OF THE LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS IS EVIDENT IN THE SUBTLE COLOUR GRADATIONS AND FINE DETAIL WORK, PARTICULARLY IN THE RENDERING OF THE EAGLE'S FEATHER STRUCTURE AND THE ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN THE MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

NOTE: CABINET NOT INCLUDED

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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