Linda Adato
About the Artist
Artist’s Statement
My etchings depict diverse architectural themes: images of New York City skylines, buildings and bridges, and from my own backyard. I work in the printmaking technique of intaglio in which the areas etched are below the surface of the plate.
I start the image abstractly from the forms observed. The intaglio techniques of line, aquatint and soft ground lend themselves well to finding the lights and rich darks in these images. The colors are a challenge to discern and become an integral aspect of the etching. I do not so much execute the initial idea as I develop it in the course of the intaglio process.
The plates are inked “a la poupee” i.e. colors are applied and wiped in specific areas. Editions are usually 50, hand-pulled by the artist.
Biography
Linda Adato, born in England, studied at Hornsey College of Art and, after immigrating to the US, at UCLA where she received a MA degree in Art Education.
She has exhibited her prints throughout the United States and abroad. Among her awards are those from the National Academy of Design, Boston Printmakers, Audubon Artists and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.
Her work is in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, British Museum, DeCordova Museum, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, New York Public Library and other institutions.
Linda Adato recently served as president of The Society of American Graphic Artists, a national organization of fine art printmakers from 2007 to 2010. Linda Adato lives and works at her home in Brooklyn, NY.
Color etchings: urban landscapes and other imagery
Linda Adato
“Urban Icons”
Urban Icons
Year: 2018
Medium: Two plate color etching, aquatint & soft ground.
Size: 10.75 X 13.75 in.
Edition: 30
Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil.
Condition: Mint
Price: $350
Linda Adato
“Criss-Crossing”
Medium: Color etching, aquatint and soft ground.
Year 2017
Size: 8.75 X 11.75 in.
Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $300
Linda Adato
“Lilies by the Bridge”
Lilies by the Bridge
Medium: Color etching, aquatint and soft ground.
Year: 2016
Size: 9.75 x 7.75 in.
Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $250
Linda Adato
“Across The River”
Medium: Color etching, aquatint and soft ground.
Year: 2017
Size: 5.75 X 8.75 in.
Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $225
Linda Adato
“Late Afternoon”
Medium: Color etching, aquatint and soft ground.
Year: 2018
Size: 7.75 x 9.75 in.
Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $250
Linda Adato
“Missing the Train”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
2014
Image size: 7.75 x 5.75 in.
Edition: 50
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $250
Linda Adato
“Skylight”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
2015
Image size: 11.75 x 15.75 in.
Edition: 50
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $400
Linda Adato
“The Cyclist”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
2014
Image size: 8.75 x 11.75 in.
Edition: 50
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $300
Linda Adato
“Through a fence partly”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
2010
Image size: 7.75 x 5.75 in.
Edition: 50
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $300
Linda Adato
“View From the Manhattan Bridge”
Two-plate color etching, aquatint and soft ground
2010
Image size: 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.
Edition: 25
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil
Condition: Excellent
Price: $500
Linda Adato
“Green Lights on the Manhattan Bridge”
Two-plate color etching, aquatint and soft ground
2010
7.75 X 5.75 in.
Edition Size: 50
Condition: Very good
Price: $250
Linda Adato
“Behind the Scenes”
Color etching with aquatint and soft ground
15 13/16" x 19 1/2"
Edition: 50
2007
Condition: Excellent
Price: $950
Linda Adato
“Beside the Point”
Color etching and aquatint
7 7/8" x 5 7/8"
Edition: 50
2007
Condition: Excellent
Price: $250
Linda Adato
“Hell Gate Bridge”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
7 1/4" x 23 3/4"
Edition: 50
2007
Condition: Excellent
Price: $425
Linda Adato
“View from the Back Porch”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
15 3/4" x 19 1/2"
Edition: 25
2007
Condition: Excellent
Price: $450
Linda Adato
“Looking Up, from Battery Park”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
17 1/2" x 9 3/4"
Edition: 50
2006
Condition: Excellent
Price: $400
Linda Adato
“Between Seasons”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
15 3/4" x 40 1/4"
Edition: 50
2005
Diptych
Condition: Excellent
Price: $950
Selected for display at the National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Linda Adato
“View from Park Slope”
Color etching with aquatint and soft ground
11 7/8" x 17 7/8"
Edition: 50
2004
Condition: Excellent
Price: $400
Linda Adato
“Continuity”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
15 1/2" x 11 3/4"
Edition: 50
2003
Red Room Trilogy
Condition: Excellent
Price: $400
Linda Adato
“Interlude”
Color etching, aquatint and soft ground
15 1/2" x 11 3/4"
Edition: 50
2003
Red Room Trilogy
Condition: Excellent
Price: $400