AMERICAN BIRKIEBEINER – Intaglio – By Mikulas Kravjansky

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AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER” is an intaglio print on hand made paper with heavy embossing and metallic inlays. The sheet and image size is 30″ X 22″ (76 cm X 56 cm). The edition size is 150 plus 5 Roman numbered HC.

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This is a piece from the suite of three pieces on World Cup Nordic Skiing. You may purchase this, or any of the other two pieces, individually.

“NORDIC CHALLENGE” – Dynamically translates the power and speed of these athletes who are considered the finest in the world.

“AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER” – World Cup Marathon Cross Country Ski Race, held on a 52 km course in Wisconsin every year, is like the Olympics in one sport.

“SETTING THE PACE” – World Cup marathon cross country ski racing against the beautiful setting of European mountains and Tyrollean villages.

A magnificent set of extraordinary quality prints on hand made paper by internationally famous artist Mikulas Kravjansky. (formerly a Czechoslovakian ski jumper himself)

The image and sheet size of each is 30″ X 22″. The edition size was to have been 150, plus 5 HC Roman Numbered and a few Artist’s Proofs. However, only 60 sets of the numbered edition were printed; plus only 5 sets of H.C. and 5 Artist’s Proofs for a total of 70 sets. The artist subsequently retired and canceled the plates.

The beautiful high quality prints of Mikulas Kravjansky are created by the old master technique of Intaglio on hand made paper with heavy embossing. Each piece is pencil signed and numbered by the artist. Each piece is entirely hand made and thus each piece within the edition is unique.

The retail price of the three pieces is $2,400.00, which was intentionally kept low for this artist’s work, so that as many Nordic ski enthusiasts as possible could afford them. Normally, prints this size, by Kravjansky, have an opening retail list price of $1,200.00 each.