Thomas H. Kapsalis
American, born 1925
Music #1
INV-2038
Thomas H. Kapsalis
American, born 19251949
etchingpaper
Date
1949
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 45.2 × 35.2 cm (17 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50 × 38.9 cm (19 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Thomas Baron
Graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1940s, Kapsalis later taught painting and drawing at the school for over 50 years. This etching draws on Cubist-inspired spatial construction and depicts a variety of musical instruments on top of a table. Fully engaged with etching at this time, here Kapsalis deeply bit the etching plate, achieving a powerful objectness that transcends the medium.
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