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Eduardo Chillida — Lizardiren Leihoak II
Eduardo Chillida — Lizardiren Leihoak II
Eduardo Chillida — Lizardiren Leihoak II
Eduardo Chillida

Lizardiren Leihoak II

1983

This 1983 etching presents a bold geometric composition of deep black forms punctuated by irregular white voids against a cream colored paper ground. The composition reads as an abstracted architectural or landscape study, with sharp rectilinear divisions creating a rhythmic pattern of solid and open spaces. Executed with precise linear marks characteristic of the etching medium, the work demonstrates the artist's long standing engagement with spatial tension and the interplay between form and void. The work reflects the mature practice of a sculptor printmaker deeply invested in exploring three dimensional space through two dimensional means, continuing a modernist inquiry into abstraction and geometric order.

Medium
Etching on Segundo Santos paper
Sheet
Edition
AP of 50
Signed
Yes

Notes

Signed and inscribed AP (artist's proof) in pencil; from the edition of 50, plus 12 AP. Catalogue raisonné: Martin Van Der Koelen, 'Eduardo Chillida: Opus P.II: Catalogue Raisonné of the Original Prints, 1973-1985' (Munich, 1997), cat. no. 83017, p. 330-331.

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Eduardo Chillida, Lizardiren Leihoak II, 1983

This 1983 etching presents a bold geometric composition of deep black forms punctuated by irregular white voids against a cream colored paper ground. The composition reads as an abstracted architectural or landscape study, with sharp rectilinear divisions creating a rhythmic pattern of solid and open spaces. Executed with precise linear marks characteristic of the etching medium, the work demonstrates the artist's long standing engagement with spatial tension and the interplay between form and void. The work reflects the mature practice of a sculptor printmaker deeply invested in exploring three dimensional space through two dimensional means, continuing a modernist inquiry into abstraction and geometric order.

Medium
Etching on Segundo Santos paper
Dimensions
sheet: 16.5 x 20 cm
Year
1983
Edition
of 50
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Zeit Contemporary Art

Related themes

Geometric, Form And Void, Twentieth Century, Constructivist, Minimalist, Sculptural Drawing, Modernist, Etching, Printmaking, Grid Structure, European Modern, Black And White, Paper, Abstraction, Contemporary Art, Monochromatic, Spanish Artist, Linear Form, Spatial Composition, Abstract Composition

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