Red Chestnut

Catalog note / 解説

John Edgar Platt is a key artist in the history of twentieth-century British colour printing taking his inspiration from Japanese woodblock printing. This collection of four woodblocks for ' Red Chestnut' (E.1626-1629-2000) provide us with a picture of his working methods. The four blocks produced a single colour print (see E.341-1986 in EDUC 9D). Artists usually have to cut a separate block for each colour, but in this case where two colours are sufficiently far apart in the design, Platt has cut two colours on one side of wood. Careful positioning of the elements on the block ensured that each colour registered with the others when printed. Platt also cut on both sides of each block for e…