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Topic: Calle's Armstrong print: Grade of pencil?
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rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 05-22-2016 10:03 AM
   
Does anyone know what type/grade of pencil Paul Calle's Neil Armstrong print was signed with? |
ChrisCalle
Member Posts: 135
From: Ridgefield, CT USA
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 05-23-2016 01:28 AM
HB pencil was used. |
rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 05-23-2016 03:03 AM
Thank you, Chris! |
ChrisCalle
Member Posts: 135
From: Ridgefield, CT USA
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 05-23-2016 06:11 PM
I still have the box of pencils used! |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-24-2016 06:57 AM
OK, I'll bite, what brand pencils? |
ChrisCalle
Member Posts: 135
From: Ridgefield, CT USA
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 05-25-2016 02:51 AM
Venus pencils |
rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 05-25-2016 03:06 AM
That is good to know! The famous pencils. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-25-2016 05:56 AM
Just to clarify, Chris, the box of pencils that you have — are those the ones your father used to draw the portrait and/or sign his name to the prints, or the ones that Armstrong used to sign them? Or are they all one and the same? |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 05-25-2016 06:48 PM
I get the attention to detail, but keep in mind that there was always a limited source of suppliers for graphite for pencils in the US through the 20th century. Like many commodities, most graphite/clay compositions for pencil use came from only a couple of sources. The source of the wood around them, though, varied wildly throughout the postwar era.I went through art school in the late 80s, and my primary teacher was a old-school type who knew everything about the stuff he used. I learned a great deal from him, like this kind of info... |
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