Robert Kipniss, Intaglios 1982-2004 documents 139 intaglio editions in mezzotint, drypoint, roulette, and etching, including related paintings and hand-colored variants. Most are fully illustrated. Techniques, number and types of impressions, dimensions of the image area, printers, publishers, and public collections which hold impressions are listed. It includes an extensive biographical chronology and selected exhibition history. 

 

In her introduction, Grace situates Kipniss’s intaglio work to date with that of his work in other media. She discusses his mezzotint technique in depth, as well as the stylistic shift in his work that his intense focus on this medium provoked. Piché’s essay delves into Kipniss’s studio environment, how he developed his signature style. He positions the artist’s work as a continuation of the late-Romantic movement of Tonalism in the United States and discusses various European Modernist influences, including Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, and Nicholas de Staël. He concludes, “Kipniss’s best work offers numinous meaning wrested from his life-long experience with phenomena not entirely knowable, even to himself.”

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This book is out of print. It was published both in a trade edition and a signed and numbered deluxe edition of 150 plus 25 artist’s proofs in a custom slipcase, including two signed original mezzotints, Interior w/ mountain and Nocturne w/ six trees (2004), each 7 x 5 inches.