Weathered Metal is a framed dye transfer print 10x8 in. by John Ward. It is #1, 1974.
Purchased from the Grapevine Gallery in 1989, and they purchased the print directly from John Ward.
For further information on the artist John Ward please visit the website referenced below. I have copied some information regarding the use of dye transfer to this page, obtained from the below mentioned website. These prints are unusual and they provide a distinctly different viewing experience than that normally obtained from digital images.
http://iipa.wsone.com/gallery/ward/
Dye transfer is virtually the only color photographic printing process accepted by curators and museums as collectible art objects.
Dye transfer prints will last much longer than color photo prints made with the traditional light-sensitive chemical paper which is subject to light exposure and color degradation. Commercial printing is ephemeral and artificial.
By contrast, dye transfer printing is a painstaking and expensive process whereby a transparency is separated into color separation negatives & matrices representing the three basic colors. They are printed using cyan, magenta, and yellow natural dyes, that are transferred in perfect registration producing the best high quality prints accepted as collectible art objects
In support of the above paragraphs I recently viewed 6 Russell Lee dye transfer prints of Pie Town - appearing as printed yesterday.
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