


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
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Zeit Contemporary Art
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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