Sandro Chia
Proof of first state of black and red plates, with addition of brown tone 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

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Proof of first state of black and red plates, with addition of brown tone 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 9/16 in. (30 × 31.9 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 number96.138

Not on view

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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 under image: "Studio per 'Manuale d'Aprile' 1981 Sandro Chia". Verso marked in pencil, lower right: "CHIA 100".

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

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