Figure with Still Life
1952
22 7/8 x 16 3/8 in. (58.1 x 41.6 cm)
Alfonsas Dargis
United States
(Mazeikiai, Lithuania, 1909 - 1996, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Woodcut and collograph
Credit Line:
Gift of the Gallery Council
Accession Number:
1998.3
Location: Not currently on view
In this print, the grain of the wood block that was used for printing has left a ghostly impression on the paper. Dargis most likely printed each impression in the edition several times, using one or more plates to print different areas of the image. Artist and MAG preparator Carol Acquilano states, “With Dargis, as with many printmakers, selective inking and wiping is very common, even with an edition.”
[Gallery label text, 2011]