The Millennium Edition is comprised of 2500 each of eight etchings printed directly from original copper plates created by Rembrandt. It is the only printing of original Rembrandt etchings from existing plates, where the edition size is exactly known and specifically limited.
Park West took over the distribution and release of the Millennium Impression Rembrandt etchings in 2003 from the previous owners of the plates and distributors of the etchings printed from them.
Printed between 1998 and 2008, the Millennium Impressions will become known as the last edition whose publication began during the millennium in which Rembrandt lived.
Background of the Copper Plates
Dr. Robert Lee Humber acquired 78 original Rembrandt copper plates in 1938 and then lent them to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh where they remained in storage for more than 30 years. In 1993 the estate of Dr. Humber sold his collection to private collectors, dealers and museums through Artemis International in London.
Eight of the plates from the Humber Collection were sold to Robert Light, a noted Rembrandt expert and art dealer in New York. In 1994 Robert Light sold the plates to Howard Berger, who was to form Millennium Impressions.
In 1994, Emiliano Sorini of the Sorini Studio in New York, one of America's finest printers, was engaged to study the condition of Rembrandt's plates and determine whether impressions could be printed once again in history. Emiliano embarked on the year long effort to carefully remove the centuries of old crystallized and congealed ink from Rembrandt's plates, and a lengthy search was conducted to find the finest European paper and ink.
After Sorini's painstaking and delicate effort and careful studies of Rembrandt's Lifetime Impressions, Sorini printed the first proofs of the Millennium Impressions from Rembrandt's copper plates.
In 1998, Sorini was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and he could not continue to print the Millennium Impressions. Before his illness crippled him, he taught Marjorie Van Dyke, his student and protégé, to thoroughly understand what it took to faithfully and properly print Rembrandt's plates. She eventually finished Sorini's work as a tribute to his life.
More info on the Millennium Edition Rembrandt etchings >>
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Park West took over the distribution and release of the Millennium Impression Rembrandt etchings in 2003 from the previous owners of the plates and distributors of the etchings printed from them.
Printed between 1998 and 2008, the Millennium Impressions will become known as the last edition whose publication began during the millennium in which Rembrandt lived.
Background of the Copper Plates
Dr. Robert Lee Humber acquired 78 original Rembrandt copper plates in 1938 and then lent them to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh where they remained in storage for more than 30 years. In 1993 the estate of Dr. Humber sold his collection to private collectors, dealers and museums through Artemis International in London.Eight of the plates from the Humber Collection were sold to Robert Light, a noted Rembrandt expert and art dealer in New York. In 1994 Robert Light sold the plates to Howard Berger, who was to form Millennium Impressions.
In 1994, Emiliano Sorini of the Sorini Studio in New York, one of America's finest printers, was engaged to study the condition of Rembrandt's plates and determine whether impressions could be printed once again in history. Emiliano embarked on the year long effort to carefully remove the centuries of old crystallized and congealed ink from Rembrandt's plates, and a lengthy search was conducted to find the finest European paper and ink.
After Sorini's painstaking and delicate effort and careful studies of Rembrandt's Lifetime Impressions, Sorini printed the first proofs of the Millennium Impressions from Rembrandt's copper plates.
In 1998, Sorini was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and he could not continue to print the Millennium Impressions. Before his illness crippled him, he taught Marjorie Van Dyke, his student and protégé, to thoroughly understand what it took to faithfully and properly print Rembrandt's plates. She eventually finished Sorini's work as a tribute to his life.
More info on the Millennium Edition Rembrandt etchings >>
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