Billy Apple® New Zealand, 1935-2021
Portrait of Rembrandt, 1964
Xeroxed fabric mounted on wood stretchers
25.5 x 20.5 cm
10 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches
10 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Xerography or electrophotography is a dry printing process. The image is created by using +ve and -ve charges to control where the carbon based powder (toner) lands, which is then...
Xerography or electrophotography is a dry printing process. The image is created by using +ve and -ve charges
to control where the carbon based powder (toner) lands, which is then fused to the fabric using heat to stabilise it
or cook it into the fabric. These were made before drum photocopiers were invented and the process was done
as a series of manual steps by Billy, with a copy camera and oven in the lab at Xerox HQ in NYC .
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist