Antonio Tàpies
Spanish, 1923-2012
Pissarra
INV-4654
Antonio Tàpies
Spanish, 1923-20121972
intaglioprint
Date
1972
Medium
Etching and carborundum technique in black, ochre and white inks, on white wove paper
Dimensions
58.8 × 77.6 cm (23 3/16 × 30 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by George A. Poole, Jr.
Instead of laboriously using a hand-held rocker to create texture, Antoni Tàpies applied a carborundum paste over this large plate, its unevenness helping achieve the rugged, blackboard-like look he desired. The resulting abrasion on the plate collects a saturated ink film commensurate to the backgrounds of Tàpies’s related paintings, similarly filled with cryptic texts and impasto textures.
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