Sandro Chia
L'artificio (Artifice)

L'artificio (Artifice)

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

L'artificio (Artifice)
L'artificio (Artifice)
ArtistItalian, born 1946
Print studioNew York
CultureItalian
Titles
  • L'artificio (Artifice)
  • from the portfolio Manuale d'Aprile (April Manual)
Date1981
Printed inNew York City, New York, United States
Published 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
Not on view

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Object Type
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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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
Alla torre (To the Tower)
Sandro Chia
1981
Etching, aquatint, and open bite with asphaltum in colors, edition I/X
96.12.2
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
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
Circa l'imprendibile (About the Unseizable)
Sandro Chia
1981
Aquatint, etching, scraping, and roulette in colors, edition I/X
96.12.3
Untitled [4]
Eric Fischl
1985
Sugar lift aquatint, scraping, drypoint and roulette in purple, orange, and black, artist's proof X/X
96.22.4
Proof of first state of 21
Brice Marden
1986
Sugar lift aquatint, open-bite, and scraping on wove paper
96.207
Proof of first state of 19
Brice Marden
no date
Sugar lift aquatint, open-bite, and scraping on wove paper
96.206
Park Place Variation
Wayne Thiebaud
1995
Hard ground etching with drypoint, spit bite aquatint and roulette in black and red on wove paper, edition 9/10
98.457
Untitled [6]
Martin Disler
1981
Photo etching, etching, sugar lift aquatint, and roulette with scraping, edition I/X
96.18.6