November 3–6, 2016
Press preview: Wednesday, November 2, 4–5pm (pre-registration required)
IFPDA Foundation benefit reception: 6:30–9pm (tickets available on print fair website)
The Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
www.printfair.com
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The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) is pleased to announce its major exhibitor highlights for the 2016 IFPDA Print Fair. The fair, which celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year, will take place from November 3 through 6 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York.The Print Fair will welcome 87 international exhibitors, presenting works that encompass the full breadth and richness of printmaking, reflecting the IFPDA’s commitment to expanding public awareness and connoisseurship of prints.
Highlights from the 2016 Print Fair range from Old Master to contemporary, and rare masterworks to new-to-market editions, a selection of which include:
–New editions from international artists Beatriz Milhazes at Pennsylvania’s Durham Press, Tracey Emin and Urs Fischer at New York’s Carolina Nitsch, Georg Baselitz at Galerie Sabine Knust in Munich, Ryan McGinness and Ross Bleckner at Polígrafa Obra Gráfica in Barcelona, and Wayne Thiebaud at San Francisco’sCrown Point Press.
–David Tunick, Inc. will present one of Rembrandt’s rarest prints, Woman Sitting Half Dressed Beside a Stove (c.1658)in a newly discovered state, marking a significant discovery in Rembrandt scholarship and connoisseurship.
–Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Editions will present their first project with Julie Mehretu, a complex six-paneled project entitled, Epigraph, Damascus. In this politically charged work, Mehretu uses layered architectural drawings of the war-torn city as a point of departure, infusing them with painterly gesture to create her notion of “story maps of no location.”
–Madame Cezanne’s Hairdos,by John Baldessari, will be presented by New York’s Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl. Inspired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2015 exhibition and catalogue of Paul Cézanne’s portraits of his wife, Baldessari abstracted the differences in Madame Cézanne’s hairstyle to produce eight screen-prints in the conceptual artist’s trademark witty style.
–Among the Print Fair’s earliest works is a colored woodcut in pristine condition, dating from 1478 by Anton Sorg from thecollection of Dr. Hellmuth Wallach at London’s Emanuel von Baeyer. This collection has not seen in public since the 1970s.
–Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints will be presenting a themed booth, “Dusk into Night: Evening Landscapes in Japanese Prints,” including works by Hiroshige, Kiyochika and Hasui. In these prints, which include several rare designs from before the 1923 earthquake, the artists capture the richness of the falling dusk until the rising dawn.
The IFPDA Print Fair is open to the public Thursday, November 3–Saturday, November 5 from noon to 8pm, and Sunday, November 6 from noon to 6pm. Tickets are 20 USD for daily admission and can be purchased ahead of time online or at the fair.
About The IFPDA & The IFPDA Print Fair
The IFPDA aims to promote a greater appreciation and a deeper understanding of fine prints among art collectors and the general public through the annual IFPDA Print Fair, as well as public programming, awards, and funding for institutions via its public charity, the IFPDA Foundation.
The IFPDA Print Fair was established in 1991, and has been held annually with the exception of 2001. Proceeds from the Fair support its educational programs and the IFPDA Foundation, which provides grants to museums and cultural institutions worldwide to support a greater awareness of prints as an artistic medium.
Media contacts
For further information, images, or to arrange an interview, members of the media may contact:
Elisabeth Meddin / Kat Mills, Blue Medium Inc.: T +1 (212) 675 1800, elisabeth [at] bluemedium.com / kat [at] bluemedium.com
