Marco Breuer

a unique object, abraded gum bichromate on Fabriano Paper, signed, titled, dated, and annotated in pencil on the reverse, 2005

San Francisco Camerawork, 2005

This unique gum bichromate print, on Fabriano Paper, is in generally excellent condition. In his gum bichromate prints, Breuer imbues multiple layers of the gum arabic with watercolor pigment and a sensitizer. He exposes the paper to ultraviolet light, develops it, and leave it to dry. The print is then physically reworked and again coated with emulsion. This process of layering and sanding is repeated over several days until he obtains patterns of stained and scarred surfaces. The abrasion and holes on the present print represent the desired effect of Breuer's working process.
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