This is a dream-like etching of two girls gossiping on a fence. It is a limited edition, signed and numbered 43/100, and dated 1986. It has a brownish hue and there is some subtle hand coloring.
Artist: Anine Barnard, a collected South African artist (see below). This appears to be one of her early works.
Title: "Skinderfraatjies" (Little Gossips in Afrikaner)
Frame size: 11 1/8" x 14 1/8"
Image size: 6 ⅜" x 7"
On the lower left is written "ETS E/A". ETS means epreuve tirage spécial," French for "special print proof". EA means "épreuve d'artiste," French for "artist's proof". These prints are made in addition to the main limited edition, and they are typically reserved for the artist or the printer.
Framed in a black wood frame with a mat under glass. Ready to hang.
The art and glass are in very good condition. The frame and mat are in good condition.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
"Anine Barnard was born in the Free State of South Africa. She obtained her professional training at the University of the Orange Free State, where she completed her fine arts degree, specializing in graphic art.
She has participated in various local and international exhibitions. (Belgium, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland and England).
She specializes in portrait and figure studies and has been working from her art studio at home. Working with mixed media, she portrays her immediate surroundings and situations from everyday life. Her themes are mainly women together with animals, which depicts her love for nature and simplicity. Minute details are a characteristic of her etchings. She uses vibrant colours in her pastels. Her work is described as having a dreamlike and naive quality, evoking feelings of reminiscence or promise.
'Art is about expressing one's feelings and thoughts,' she says. The source of her inspiration is the known, familiar world around her. Her work has a dream-like, naive quality, evoking feelings of reminiscence or promise."