1940 Vintage BORNEO FEMALE NUDE Breast Long Hair Sarawak Photo Gravure K.F. WONG

Description

1940s Original BORNEO FEMALE NUDE Breasts Hair Sarawak
Photo Gravure Art By K.F. WONG
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Print Specifications
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Photographe
r:
K.F. Wong (1916 - 1988) - Internationally renowned photographer who
recorded the people and traditions of Borneo and most particularly Sarawak.
His vintage work is held in museums, galleries and important collections worldwide.
Subject:
Nude study, Iban woman - Sarawak, Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Date Of Negative:
circa 1940's
Type Of Print:
Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed
Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print:
1960
Paper:
Medium weight, matte finish.
Print Origin:
Great Britain
Print/Plate Maker:
Clarke & Sherwell, Ltd., Great Britain.
Approximate Image Size:
11.25
x 8.25 inches
Approximate Image Size Metric:
28.5 x 21 centimeters
Print Border:
No - full bleed print.
Condition Grade:
Extra Fine ++
Verso:
Blan
k (plate # and text line pertaining to following print in original compilation)
Registered Vintage Print Serial #:
21R4WP6
C
ertificate Of Authenticity (COA):
Yes - Gallery Certified COA from Fine Photo Galleries.
Hologram Protected:
Yes - tamper proof hologram certification affixed to print mount verso and COA.
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This
is an authentic
(NOT a modern reprint)
vintage 1960
photogravure (also known as Héliogravure) made from the original 1940's negative/print
created by the internationally renown photographer K.F.Wong. In the 1940's Wong owned a photographic studio in Kuching, Sarawak and photographed the indigenous peoples of this region as a matter of interest and documentation. Through the years his photography has remained a significant point of reference and aesthetic delight - permanently recording a time and way of life now forever gone. He largely focused on the people of Sarawak and felt that the young women there were among the most attractive of the purely Eastern races. Today K.F. Wong's vintage photographs are held in important museums and collections worldwide.
This photogravure is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signed CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered serial number from the Finephoto Archive & Database.
Under magnification this plate shows a tight "honeycomb" cell structure, uniform pressing of ink and a wide range of tone - all indicative of a high quality sheet fed gravure print.
The watermark word "Finephoto" does not appear on the actual print.
READY FOR FRAMING & DISPLAY!
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The expensive
engraved copper plate photogravure process and the resulting fine prints make vintage photogravures highly collectible and excellent vintage prints for framing. This photogravure plate is professionally trimmed with a 3/8 inch border surrounding the actual full frame image to facilitate ease of matting and framing.
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protectors
and a hand signed Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) from Finephoto.
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ABOUT PHOTOGRAVURE:
Photogravure is an intaglio print making process utilizing a carefully etched copper plate made from the original negative/image. Prints are made by pressing suitable paper heavily down upon the inked copper plate which has been intricately etched to varying depths corresponding with the actual tonality of the original negative, This precisely etched plate combined with a fine "honeycomb" screen controls the amount of ink to be transferred to the paper at any given point in direct proportion to the variation of tone in the original image. The result is a true continuous tone print which combines many qualities of a traditional silver based photograph with a tactile feel similar to an etching, engraving or lithograph.
Rich in tonal detail, the photogravure process produces delicately rendered shades for a look which is unique in the world of photographic print making. In the early to mid 1900's photogravure was selected (when budgets allowed) for special high quality publishing and portfolio projects, but due to it's significant expense and labor, the process is rarely seen today.
From Man Ray and Ruth Bernhard to Brett Weston and Ansel Adams, many of the world's most renowned photographic masters have published their images in the rich photogravure process.
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