Mortimer Borne Drypoint Etching

Item Details

A vintage original drypoint etching of a town landscape by well listed and renowned drypoint artist Mortimer Borne (New York, 1902 – 1987), circa 1930. The image depicts a view from the outskirts of an Islamic village. Several figures wearing traditional Middle Eastern dress are seen traveling by foot and donkey. Artist signature is in pencil in lower right margin below plate. Mounted behind white mat, under glass, in a narrow black frame. A Closson’s Cincinnati gallery sticker is affixed to the verso. Mortimer Borne was born in Rypin, Poland in 1902 and emigrated to the US in 1916. He studied at the National Academy of Design, The Art Students League, The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and with Charles Webster Hawthorne, founder of the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown. Borne taught at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1945-1967. After moving to Nyack, New York, he established the Tappan Zee Art Center in his home there. He was the inventor of the color drypoint technique. Mortimer Borne’s work is in the permanent collections of many museums, but his largest holding is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has over a hundred images.

Condition

- print is discolored from age with light foxing throughout. Discoloration to mat. Finish of frame is damaged along edges and on corners with multiple chips and scratches throughout.

Dimensions

Item #

15CIN443-168