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Untitled Etching

A work made of etching and aquatint from two plates in black and brown ink on ivory wove paper.

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  • A work made of etching and aquatint from two plates in black and brown ink on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1967

Artist:

Lee Bontecou (American, 1931-2022)
printed by Donn Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

About this artwork

Untitled Etching is closely related to a group of brightly colored relief sculptures that Bontecou made in 1966. The sculptures’ striped curvilinear forms suggest the hard shells of mollusks or the billowing sails of fantastical airships, neither entirely manmade nor entirely natural. In this print, the artist experimented with a palette similar to her sculptures (black accompanied by orange, red, or brown), finally settling upon black and orange for the published print.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Lee Bontecou

Title

Untitled Etching

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.

1967

Medium

Etching and aquatint from two plates in black and brown ink on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 66.4 × 43.5 cm (26 3/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 76.2 × 49.5 cm (30 × 19 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Harold Joachim Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1982.103

Extended information about this artwork

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