Portsmouth Museum & Art Gallery

Portsmouth Museum & Art Gallery

The Quietness of Feeling: an Exploration of Trees through the Art of Benjamin Houghton and The Arborealists.

This is an exhibition of the the large collection of works by Benjamin Houghton  held by the museum shown in conjunction with works by members of the contemporary group of artists The Arborealists.

1st October 2024 – 30th May 2025

‘Ghost Print    Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea’

Etching

Buckmaster & French

£3500

91 x 74cm

 

This is a ‘ghost print’. The print of a print.

The etching of a copper beech tree was first printed onto handmade leaf paper. The etching plate was then put through the press a second time with a heavy paper. This time the print held the impression of the leaf paper as well as the original image.

These prints have a ghostly atmosphere and rarely work perfectly. This is the largest successful ghost print that we ever achieved. The etching on leaf paper that this was ghosted from, was exhibited and sold at the Royal Academy in 2019.