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Dance I/Diptych

A work made of mezzotint with etching in blue, with aquatint in silver and embossing, from multiple plates, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper.
© Eldzier Cortor.

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  • A work made of mezzotint with etching in blue, with aquatint in silver and embossing, from multiple plates, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Eldzier Cortor
American, 1916-2015

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Eldzier Cortor

Title

Dance I/Diptych

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1936–2012

Medium

Mezzotint with etching in blue, with aquatint in silver and embossing, from multiple plates, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 54.2 × 35 cm (21 3/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Plate, max: 55.2 × 37.1 cm (21 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 76 × 77.7 cm (29 15/16 × 30 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Eldzier Cortor in memory of Sophia Cortor

Reference Number

2012.892

Copyright

© Eldzier Cortor.

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