About this artwork
After a nearly 30-year break, Puryear returned to printmaking when he was invited to contribute to a portfolio to benefit the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Typical of his evocative shapes, the motif seen here can be interpreted as a head with hoop earrings or as an inverted jug with handles. This work also represents the artist’s foray into the chine collé technique, whereby a thin silky sheet of paper (chine) is laid down on a primary support sheet during printing. As the chine picks up minute particles of ink, it lends extraordinary depth to the etched black area.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Martin Puryear
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Title
- Untitled (LA MoCA portfolio)
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1999
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Medium
- Hard and soft ground etching and aquatint, on cream Japanese paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)
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Dimensions
- Image/plate: 60.5 × 45 cm (23 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 76 × 54.5 cm (29 15/16 × 21 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Kaye and Howard Haas
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Reference Number
- 2007.88
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Copyright
- © Martin Puryear
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