Sandro Chia
[Color trial proof before drypoint]

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© Sandro Chia / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

[Color trial proof before drypoint]
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ArtistItalian, born 1946
Print studioNew York
CultureItalian
Titles
  • [Color trial proof before drypoint]
  • for L'anima-buona (The Good Soul)
  • from Manuale d'Aprile (April Manual)
Date1981
PlaceNew York, NY, United States
MediumAquatint, scraping and soft ground etching in colors
DimensionsPlate: 11 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (29.7 × 31.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 9/16 × 14 1/2 in. (44.6 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, gift of Peter Blum/Blumarts, Inc., New York
Object number96.144
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 in pencil, under image: "Studio per 'Manuale d'Aprile' Sandro Chia 1981". Verso marked in pencil, lower right: "CHIA 106".
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: "Sandro Chia 1981".

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Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping and open-bite with asphaltum in colors
96.140
Proof of first state of black and red plates, with addition of brown tone plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping and open-bite with asphaltum in colors
96.138
Sandro Chia
1981
Etching, aquatint and drypoint with yellow hand coloring
96.143
James Turrell
c. 1988
Aquatint, photoetching, etching, soft ground etching, and drypoint in colors [left]; Aquatint, photoetching, soft ground etching and etching in colors on wove paper [right], working proof
96.470
L'anima-buona (The Good Soul)
Sandro Chia
1981
Aquatint, soft ground etching, scraping, and drypoint in brown and black, edition I/X
96.12.4
[Color trial proof]
Eric Fischl
no date
Sugar lift aquatint, soft ground etching, and scraping in colors
96.159
[Color trial proof]
Eric Fischl
no date
Sugar lift aquatint, soft ground etching, and scraping in colors
96.162
E gli eroi alla finestra (And the Heroes at the Window)
Sandro Chia
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and soft ground etching in black and purple, edition I/X
96.12.5
[Trial proof, first of two states]
Eric Fischl
no date
Sugar lift aquatint, soft ground etching, and scraping in colors
96.157