EDUARDO CHILLIDA 1924-2002
1924 - San Sebastián - 2002 (Spanish)
Title: Deep | Sakon, 1968
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on wove paper.
Paper size: 65.5 x 50.5 cm. / 25.8 x 19.9 in.
Image size: 56.5 x 41.5 cm. / 22.2 x 16.3 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil "Chillida" and with his monogram at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil "10/65" at the lower left margin. There were also 35 impressions printed on Japan paper and a small number of artist’s proofs.
This is the 6th plate from portfolio "Europäische Graphik VI (sculptors' graphic)". Published by Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer in cooperation with publisher Felix H. Man, Munich 1969 (with their blindstamp KH).
The lithograph was printed by Erker Presse, Saint Gallen.
The paper bears the BFK Rives watermark in the upper margin.
Note:
This work reflects Chillida's concern of form, space and framing. In both his sculpture and graphic works the tension between volume and empty spaces can be clearly felt. In this work the dialogue between both black and white, emptiness and fullness is strong and clear.
Literature:
1.Martin van Der Koelen, M. (1996). Eduardo Chillida. Catalogue Raisonné of the Original Prints. Mainz: Chorus-Verlag.
Reference:
Van der Koelen 68007
2. Clay, J. (1978). Chillida: L'Oeuvre Graphique - Obra Gráfica - Graphic Work: 1959-1977, Paris: Maeght.
Reference:
Clay 43
Condition: In very good condition. Pale foxing at the extreme sheet edges.