Original collotype print after the earlier Paul Gauguin woodcut engraving, from the limited edition portfolio "Twenty Four Masterpieces of Graphic Art". Printed and published by Triton Press, Inc., New York in 1974. Sheet size: 17 x 14 inches; print size: 13-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches, on Brandywine Cover paper. Shown on a black background. Mint condition new old stock from our immaculate copy of "Twenty Four Masterpieces of Graphic Art". Collotype is a printing process invented in the mid-19th century famous for producing extremely fine detail and rich tonal gradation, using photograph negatives to create printing plates. Widely used for art books, postcards, and fine art reproductions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, today collotype is commercially uncommon, but still practiced by a few master printers. Collotype prints are admired by photographers, printmakers, and collectors for its unmatched subtlety. Paul Gauguin was as unconventional in his handling of engraving as he was in his manner of life. To achieve the effect in this print, he gouged, incised, scratched and possibly sandpapered the wood block surface. Some prints were pulled in color, but the original impression in the black and white state, one of the most stunning examples of the art of the woodcut of this period, was carefully and lovingly printed under the supervision of the artist's son, Pola Gauguin.