The fine art printmakers at Chicago’s Transmission Atelier will exhibit their facsimile edition prints of antique anatomical and allegorical illustrations in a show opening Friday at L.A.’s La Luz De Jesus Gallery. The exhibit, titled “If the Shadows Could March” (Anatomical illustrations and religious allegory, 15th – 19th Century)” runs until February 28. The prints featured in the show are reasonably priced, from $250 to $450 framed. I have several pieces from Transmission Atelier and the quality is terrific. From the gallery:
“If the Shadows Could March” will feature high end facsimile edition prints of antique anatomical and
allegorical illustration from the 15th through 19th centuries. Each Framed edition size is printed on archival
Bamboo rag paper. Each edition is limited to 150 copies, numbered and embossed with the Transmission Atelier
Studio Stamp. Each edition print is made from the original source material. The engraving and printing techniques
used by the artists on the original works is of astonishing craftsmanship and is all but a completely lost
art form. In these high end facsimile edition prints, Transmission Atelier has retained all of the detail, color and
even the flaws in the antique paper inherent in the original artifact. The overall quality of a digital edition print,
from color accuracy to fine to microscopic detail, is dependent upon the digital capture methodology. In this
area Transmission Atelier is equipped with the most advanced digital capture and imaging technology as well
as 3 decades of color communication, scanning and print premedia experience. In the spirit of European Print
Making studios of the 18th and 19th century, Transmission Atelier will cycle through as many as 10 rounds of
proofing to ensure that each edition is identical to and indistinguishable from the original source material. From
Human Medical Anomaly to Gothic Nightmares on paper La Luz De Jesus and Transmission Atelier are the
premier sources for this astounding material.
“If the Shadows Could March” (La Luz de Jesus)
“Gothic Nightmares on paper” (Transmission Atelier)