Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Eduardo Chillida — Bikoiztasun (Duality)
Eduardo Chillida

Bikoiztasun (Duality)

A masterwork of tension and balance, Chillida's *Bikoiztasun (Duality)* employs the rich, velvety depths of aquatint to explore the interplay between opposing forces — light and shadow, presence and void. Printed on warm Eskulan gray paper, the composition's bold, angular forms emerge with a tactile weight that is distinctly the artist's own, evoking his lifelong fascination with space and matter. The full margins lend the work a contemplative stillness, framing Chillida's abstract language as a meditation on the fundamental duality that underlies all existence.

Medium
Aquatint, on Eskulan gray paper, with full margins,

🔨 Auction Lot

Evening & Day Editions

April 21, 2015

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

Spotted works by Eduardo Chillida

About this work

Eduardo Chillida, Bikoiztasun (Duality)

A masterwork of tension and balance, Chillida's *Bikoiztasun (Duality)* employs the rich, velvety depths of aquatint to explore the interplay between opposing forces — light and shadow, presence and void. Printed on warm Eskulan gray paper, the composition's bold, angular forms emerge with a tactile weight that is distinctly the artist's own, evoking his lifelong fascination with space and matter. The full margins lend the work a contemplative stillness, framing Chillida's abstract language as a meditation on the fundamental duality that underlies all existence.

Medium
Aquatint, on Eskulan gray paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, 20th Century, Contemplative Mood, Basque Art, Male Artist, Printmaking, Geometric Abstraction, Renowned Sculptor, Monochromatic, Spanish Artist, Minimalist Composition, Aquatint

More works by Eduardo Chillida

Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago