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Title:G.H. ROTHE Arise Arose 1977 Signed/titled/Numbered Mezzotint Print 86/150

Description:G.H. ROTHE (1935-2007). Arise Arose, 1977, Mezzotint, 33-1/2" x 24-1/4" including margins (floated in the frame) (framed size: 39" x 29-3/4", numbered lower left: 86/150, titled center: Arise Arose and Signed lower right: G.H. Rothe. The plexiglass has a few scratches, the frame has various nicks and a gash inside the left center frame.
Photographer Edward Weston met (G.H. Rothe) Gatja Rothe in 1970 in New York City, shortly after her arrival. He was very taken with her art imagery and especially with her technique of Mezzotint. "Rothe had her presses in her 2nd Avenue apartment on the 5th floor where she tooled the copper plates, inked them, and pulled them. Each mezzotint an original unto itself - no two alike as to colors! Edward and Gatja disagreed many time until 3-4 am on the images. Commuting between Long Island and New York City was difficult for Edward but necessary to keep Gatja on track with salable images and subject matter - many times falling asleep on the swinging couch in the studio. But artists have a way of give and take and they stand their ground on subject matter true to their heart including "skeletonizing" the figures, which Weston tried to get Gatja to tone down.
Some subjects were limited in sales appeal but Rothe and Weston published them and advertised for three straight years on the back, with full-page cover, of Art News. This is the first time that a major magazine or art dealer ran the same artist month after month - another first for Edward Weston Collection.
Gatja and Edward's relationship was very tight. On Weston's birthday she surprised him by contacting the printer of a brochure and placed a picture of Weston and his new born colt "Equs" on the back of the brochure. It was the best gift ever!
The Mezzotint technique was new to most art dealers in those days and Weston had an educational chore nationally with galleries and people in most cities. Weston began an intense program of advertising and marketing for this one single artist. This avid promotion caught the attention of a number of important publishers who romanced G. H. Rothe to leave Weston and to go with them. Gatja was loyal to a point. She finished the editions in work and then broke the news to Edward one night in the studio advising him that Dr. Maury Liebowitz of Hammer Galleries had made her such a fantastic offer, and "would Weston let her out of her commitment for additional editions?" Hammer had offered her a show in the 57th Street Gallery as well. How does one not bless the arrangement? Gatja was very grateful at the time and showered Weston with originals and other items, which we offer on our Weston Collection site today.
Along with the fantastic offer and the show at the gallery, Hammer published the Catalog Raisonne Editions and featured Rothe with LeRoy Neiman. The demand for her works became phenomenal. Truly, this woman had become the master of the mezzotint and is the finest mezzotint artist living today.
Edward Weston maintained her pricing all these years even when G. H. Rothe had the three galleries in Carmel, California.
Source: Askart; Weston Galleries.

Reserve: $150.00

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G.H. ROTHE Arise Arose 1977 Signed/titled/Numbered Mezzotint Print 86/150

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