Check the listing for details. Cockatoos I, Hand Colored Serigraph, Jorgen Bechmann, Signed and Numbered. Condition: New. Listed at 19.95 USD. Cockatoos IIJorgen Bechmann“Behind them the brilliance of the rising sun cast a warm silvery reflection on the land. Their eyes gleaming with excitement, they approached the sun. Faster and faster. Their colour changed toward white.“In ecstasy over their lucky fate, they wanted to get even whiter.” Cockatoo (Cock-a-too)A Cockatoo is a very large parrot. It can be up to 38 cm (15 in) in length. It is quite common in Australia. Cockatoos are mostly white in colour but there are some which are pink or black too. They have long feathers on their head called a "crest". They fluff these feathers up sometimes. They have very strong big bent beaks. They use their beaks for breaking open nuts and seeds which they eat. They also eat roots and grubs (which are insects). They can live for up to 50 years. Some people train Cockatoos to “talk.” They can say just a few words. This serigraph is hand-coloredThis limited edition is: Signed and numberedThe edition size/date is: 250/1985The issue price was: $480.00The image size is: 16½”x23½”The serigraph was published by: Art Nouveau PublishersThis serigraph has never framed and has been storedflat since publication.Please note: If this print is a ‘signed and numbered’ print and we have included a photograph of the number or something showing the number – we are NOT promising you will receive THAT numbered print. We have more than one of the print and the photo is of one of them. Jorgen BechmannJorgen Bechmann arrived in Australia in 1980 and now lives in Sydney. His Scandinavian heritage and training, evident in his crisp, clean style, give him the ability to simplify the complex, while retaining the essence of the object or the scene. His work has an enormous appeal .... like a breath of fresh air. It illustrates his infatuation with Australia’s natural environment, a fact which is obvious from his first series of screenprints, titled ‘If you saw through my eyes, Australia,’ and even more so in his latest paintings and prints, ‘Modern Australian Dreamtimes.’Bechmann has lived and exhibited in the Middle East, Europe, America, England and North Africa. His original prints are sold throughout the world and editions disappear fast. They are not reproductions - but original works of art, conceived by an artist who is deliberately using his chosen medium to create an effect which could not be achieved any other way.Whether lithographed, etched, collage screened, screen printed, relief-embossed or wood lino blocked - the print shows a vitality and clarity of image which cannot be achieved with mechanical reproduction.The original prints were hand printed by JORGEN BECHMANN and his master screen printer, Mike Phelps, in very small editions.