The Bott Collection supports self-published and established artists by providing them with a platform for the representation, exhibition, and sale of their prints.
Fine art intaglio etchings printed by Renée Bott and other master printers are the foundation of the collection. A key part of the program is to introduce new artists and techniques to print collectors and institutions.
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Artwork
EMBOSSMENT PAINTING No. 5
TAUBA AUERBACH, 2011
Acrylic on paper
30" x 22"
Price available upon request
Published by Paulson Bott Press
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Artist Tauba Auerbach
In 2011 Tauba Auerbach created 11 stunning Embossment Paintings at Paulson Bott Press. She started by embossing different wire meshes and rubber mats into damp cotton paper by running them through the press.
Once dry, the paper was prepared by masking the edges to keep the margins white. Tauba then used an airbrush to carefully coat the dry embossed paper with various colors. She angled her airbrush so that, as the fine spray landed on the paper, it captured the embossment’s impression as well as the undulation of the dried, thick cotton paper. After these embossment paintings were dry, the paintings were put in a paper press to flatten the paper.
The end result is a painting on paper that is a remarkable 3D trompe l'oeil. But in fact, these paintings function as a beautiful historical record of how the surface of the paper was changed, first by embossment, painting, and then by drying.
CALIFORNIA DARKNESS
SPENCER FINCH, 2015
Set of Three Color Aquatints
Paper Size: 22” x 28 1/2”
Image Size: 18” x 24”
Edition of 15
$6000.00
Published by Paulson Bott Press
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NOTATIONS 1-V
CAIO FONSECA, 1998
Set of 5 soft-ground etchings with Chine Colle
19” x 17” each print
Edition of 35
$6000.00
Published by Paulson Press
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UNTITLED INVENTION
CAIO FONSECA, 1999
Color aquatint with spitbite aquatint and soft ground etching with hand stamping
29 x 63”
Edition of 50
$7500.00
Published by Paulson Press
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BRIGHT BEACH
ISCA GREENFIELD SANDERS, 2008
Direct to plate photogravure with aquatint
30 3⁄4” x 35”
Edition of 50
$4000.00
Published by Paulson Bott Press
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BULL I (from Bull Profile Series)
ROY LICHTENSTEIN, 1973
Line-cut on Arjomari Paper with wide margins
20 3/10” x 28 7/10”
Edition 100
$20,000.00
Published by Gemini G.E.L
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BLACK AND BROWN
MARY LEE BENDOLPH, 2005
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint
33” x 30 1⁄2”
Edition of 50
$4000
Published by Paulson Press
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SHOULDERS (STATE 2)
MARTIN PURYEAR, 2005
Spitbite aquatint and soapground etching with drypoint and chine collé
35 x 28”
Edition of 40
$15,000
Published by Paulson Bott Press
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