Audubon Limited Edition Lithograph

M. Bernard Loates

 Baltimore Oriole

The Loates Birds of America series are the only modern Audubon edition to be created from the original Audubon water colors. With the aid of master colorists, Loates carefully reproduced the colors from the original Audubon watercolors to achieve as to close as possible a representation of how the original water colors would have looked on the day that Audubon finished them.

In Audubon Art Prints, Bill Steiner says, "Over ninety colors of ink and paint were used...Loates prepared a new etched steel plate for each image, and the quality far surpasses that of all other modern...[Audubon] prints.  First issued in 1988

Mint Condition.  The print has been stored in a temperature and humidity controlled environment.

High quality extra heavy weight paper that is blank on the back.  There is a nicely defined plate mark around the image.

Pencil signed and numbered by Loates.  There are embossed chop marks next to the signature and numbering.

Size:  Double Elephant Folio sized at 26.5" x 39.5". 

I marvel every time I look at one of the prints. There is really no way to adequately describe them and my pictures don't even start to show their beauty.