"Snaggletooth" by Dan Welden, Amer., (B.1941) Aquatint Jacob Heller

Jacob Heller

I have seen one other impression of this print many years ago with a printed signature at lower left

They appear to exist in at most a few proofs each

as with this unusual historical subject

"Snaggletooth" by Dan Welden, Amer., (B.1941) Aquatint Jacob HellerSolar Plate Etching, 2016, an Artist's Proof outside the small Ed., 4 15 16 x 7, on warm white wove paper, signed, titled & annotated "AP" in pencil. Dan Welden, an internationally renown teacher, author, and master printer; is best known as the inventor of Solar Plate Etching; developed to provide a non toxic alternative to etching with acid. Solar Plate utilizes a photosensitive emulsion on a metal plate. The artist draws onto a transparent film