The Simple Line

Charles van Sandwyk

This essay about the Charles’ approach to etching was originally published as the introduction to a retrospective of etchings he created over the past two decades. That book, titled Twenty-One Years, Twenty-One Prints, was issued privately (2007) by the artist, in an edition of just 13 copies. The text pages for that book were printed at HM; extra copies of the introduction were printed for this publication.

The essay features five tipped-in prints of Charles’ earliest etchings, plus a new etching created just for this project. The title page features a drawing pochoir colored by the artist. Set in 18-point Centaur and printed in two colors on Arches Cover paper.

Edition of 50 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. All copies were cased by Claudia Cohen in cloth over boards, with printed spine label. Numbers 1–25 were issued through HM, and cased in natural linen; numbers 26–50 were issued by the artist, and cased in dark buckram. 4to, 10 pp. HM Editions & CVS Fine Arts, 2007