Lee Bontecou (American, 1931-2022)
printed by Donn Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
Untitled Etching
INV-9687
Lee Bontecou (American, 1931-2022)
printed by Donn Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)1967
etchingprint
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
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.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone
Lee Bontecou (American, 1931-2022) printed by Donn Steward (American, 1921-1986) published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
Plate II, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone
Lee Bontecou (American, 1931-2022) printed by Donn Steward (American, 1921-1986) published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
