David Avery

David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching. His work is included in the collections of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the New York Public Library, the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, the Stanford University Library among others, and has been noted in the New York Times. Even though “black and white doesn’t sell”, he has eschewed the use of color, finding the subtleties and tonalities of black and white most capable of creating the psychological mood that allows his work to be effective.

David's work can be found in the following collections:

The Fogg Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
Stanford University Library, Special Collections, Stanford, CA
The Turner Print Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
New York Public Library, New York, NY
San Francisco Public Library, Book Arts and Special Collections Center

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St. George Progresses

Etching
Image size: 1 inch by 4 inches
Edition of 50
Price: $150.00

A Post-traumatic History Lesson
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 7" x 5", Edition Size: 30
Paper: Gutenberg Laid (13" x 10")
Price: $350.00

Awaiting a Time
Like the Present

Medium: etching
Dimensions: 12 5/8" x 4", Edition Size: 35
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover White (18 7/8" x 9")
Price: $500.00

Nonsense on Stilts
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 10 3/4" x 4 3/8" , Edition Size: 40
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover Lt. Green (18" x 9 1/2")
Price: $500.00

The Long Road to War
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 3" x 14"
Paper: Copperplate Warm White (9" x 19-1/2")
Price: $400.00

Exterminating Angel
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 4" x 3", Edition Size: 50
Paper: Lana Gravure (13" x 10")
Price: $270.00

Regret
Etching
Image size: 4 7/8" x 3 5/8", Edition of 50
Price: $300.00

(Preview by rolling over titles) This folio of eight etchings was initiated at the behest of a dealer who suggested an “adult” children’s book. At that timeAvery had just discovered a list of over 200 titles of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. He immediately saw this as an opportunity not to illustrate the Brothers Grimm, but to use their work as a point of departure from which the artist's imagination could spin its own tales. Medium: Clothbound Portfolio of Eight Etchings Dimensions: 14 7/8" x 10 5/8" x 7/8" Edition Size: 24 Paper: Zerkall copperplate (14" x 10") Portfolio Price: $2,500.00 Individual prints from the series are $400

The Anatomy of Melancholy,
or "Le Fromage Reste Seul"
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 6 3/4" x 4 5/8", Edition Size: 30
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover Cream (15" x 10 3/4")
Price: $400

The Perpetual Riddle
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 6" x 2-7/8", Edition Size: 40
Paper: Zerkall Copperplate (13" x 9")
Price: $350.00

Equivocation
Drypoint, 1982
Image size: 3-13/16 x 1-1/4
Edition of 10
Price: $400.00

 

Melancolia, Too
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 9-3/4" x 8", Edition Size: 40
Paper: Gutenberg Laid (15-1/2" x 13-1/4")
Price: $500.00

Hooked
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2"
Edition Size: 40
Paper: Zerkall Copperplate (13" x 10")
Price: $300.00

Evocation
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 2-5/8" x 1-3/4", Edition Size: 50
Paper: Rives Heavyweight (10" x 7")
Price: $150.00

Unseen

Etching, 1986
Image size: 9-3/4 x 3-1/4
Edition of 50
Price: $350.00