Sandro Chia
L'artificio (Artifice)

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

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

Publisher Peter Blum Edition/Blumarts, Inc.(New York)New York

CultureItalian

Titles

L'artificio (Artifice)
from the portfolio Manuale d'Aprile (April Manual)

Date1981

Published inNew York City, New York, United States

Printed inNew York City, New York, United States

MediumAquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping, and open bite with asphaltum in brown and black on wove paper, edition I/X

DimensionsPlate: 11 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (29.8 × 31.4 cm)
Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 1/4 in. (75.9 × 56.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund

Object number96.12.1

Non exposé

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Prints and Drawings

Object Type

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

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower left: I/X
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: Sandro Chia [signature illegible] / 1981

Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: Sandro Chia [signature illegible] / 1981

Recto: Watermark, lower right edge: ARCHES / FRANCE [infinity symbol]
Recto: Blindstamp, right bottom edge: AEROPRESS

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