By: David Avery

Medium: Etching
Year: 2021
Edition Size: 30
ImageSize: 8.75 x 7.75 inches

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 30. One of several recent prints by Avery that continue to win awards and purchase by museums and public collections. Surrealistic image of skeleton looking over the shoulder of a printmaker as he works at his printing press. Memento Mori for printmakers.

The title of this work is derived from the writings of Bruno Schulz, who wondered if the substance of what we call reality could really be substantial enough to support the immensity of ideas whose integrity demands the resistance to incarnation. As the etching progressed, I began to think of it as a kind of summation of my work up until the present, and you may find quotations here and there from earlier pieces, as well as references to various outside influences and some goings-on of late.