Sandro Chia
Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)

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Artist Sandro Chia (Italian, born 1946)Italian, born 1946

Print studio Aeropress, Inc.(New York)New York

CultureItalian

Titles

Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
from Manuale d'Aprile (April Manual)

Date1981

PlaceNew York, NY, United States

MediumAquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping and open-bite with asphaltum in colors

DimensionsPlate: 11 13/16 × 12 3/8 in. (30 × 31.4 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (51.4 × 56.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, gift of Peter Blum/Blumarts, Inc., New York

Object number96.140

Non exposé

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PRINTS

Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23, 2006 - October 15, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, under image: "Studio per 'Manuale d'Aprile' Sandro Chia 1981". Verso marked in pencil, lower right: "CHIA 102".

Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: "Sandro Chia 1981".

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