Shakespeare and Company

Hand-engraved linocut
● Paper size: 15.5" x 20" / 39 cm x 50 cm
● Image size: 11.7" x 16.5" / 29.7 x 42 cm
● Paper: natural white Hahnemühle 300 g
● Black and white: Edition of 20 prints, Color: Edition of 10 prints
● Signed and numbered, hand-printed on a press
● Part of my Paris Café series

This linocut is made from my original sketch inspired by the Paris bookstore and café Shakespeare and Company, located on the Seine across from Notre Dame Cathedral. Opened in 1951 by the American George Whitman, his bookstore is a tribute to Sylvia Beach’s original 1920s shop frequented by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and James Baldwin, among others.

“I created this bookstore like a man would write a novel, building each room like a chapter, and I like people to open the door the way they open a book, a book that leads into a magic world in their imaginations.” —George Whitman

To make my art prints, my original sketch is transfered onto a lino block which I cut out with special gouges. I hand pull each print one at a time on a press, making each work a unique and original piece of art. Slight differences in each print are inherent in the process.

The hand-painted edition is limited to 10 prints. After pulling the print on my press, I hand paint in oils, making each print a unique and original piece of art.

The black and white edition, limited to 20 prints, is sold out.

The print is sold unmounted and unframed but is shown here in a standard 40 cm x 50 cm frame.

Ships from France in a heavy-duty cardboard art tube using a tracked postal service.
Free shipping.

Copyright remains with the artist.