Lot 72: JOSEPH CAVE (b.1936) 2 COPPER PLATE ETCHINGS

Two copper plate Etchings by Joseph Cave (b.1936). Both title and signed by the artist. The first "Rio Nabao", from an edition of 70 original hand pulled copper plate etchings printed on rag paper. The scene depicts a bridge in Tomar, a city in northern Portugal and measures 5.50 x 7.75 inches. The 2nd etching is "Cyclamen", printed on rag paper and hand colored. PROVENANCE: Descendents of the Corning Glass Works. Joseph Cave has been painting professionally for over fifty years. Born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1936, Joseph Cave attended the University of Georgia (Athens, GA) where he studied painting from 1954-58. He went on to attend the San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA) and received a BFA in Fine Arts in painting in 1962, and a Master of Arts in 1964 from San Francisco State University. Cave has taught at several institutions including The Memphis Academy of Art, Southwestern at Memphis, San Francisco Art Institute, and San Francisco State University. Though trained as an abstract expressionist, he is inspired by early landscape artists, American scene painters, and French Impressionists. he spent years in Northern California, as well as Europe, returning to the South in the late 80's. Joseph settled in Durham and now resides in the mountains near Asheville. His paintings can be found in many public and private collections including SAS, Duke Medical Center, and the North Carolina Museum of Art.

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