Sandro Chia
Circa l'imprendibile (About the Unseizable)

Circa l'imprendibile (About the Unseizable)

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Circa l'imprendibile (About the Unseizable)
Circa l'imprendibile (About the Unseizable)
ArtistItalian, born 1946
Printer
Print studioNew York
PublisherNew York
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Circa l'imprendibile (About the Unseizable)
  • 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, etching, scraping, and roulette in colors, edition I/X
DimensionsPlate: 12 1/2 × 11 9/16 in. (31.8 × 29.4 cm)
 Sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/4 in. (76 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.12.3
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
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
Numbered in pencil, lower left: "I/X". Watermark, lower right corner: "ARCHES FRANCE" and "AEROPRESS".
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right "Sandro Chia 1981" (signature illegible).

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L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
L'artificio (Artifice)
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping, and open bite with asphaltum in brown and black on wove paper, edition I/X
96.12.1
E gli eroi alla finestra (And the Heroes at the Window)
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E gli eroi alla finestra (And the Heroes at the Window)
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and soft ground etching in black and purple, edition I/X
96.12.5
L'anima-buona (The Good Soul)
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L'anima-buona (The Good Soul)
1981
Aquatint, soft ground etching, scraping, and drypoint in brown and black, edition I/X
96.12.4
Alla torre (To the Tower)
Sandro Chia
Alla torre (To the Tower)
1981
Etching, aquatint, and open bite with asphaltum in colors, edition I/X
96.12.2
Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
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
Proof of first state of black and red plates, with addition of brown tone plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping and open-bite with asphaltum in colors
96.138
Image Not Available for [Color trial proof before drypoint]
Sandro Chia
[Color trial proof before drypoint]
1981
Aquatint, scraping and soft ground etching in colors
96.144
Untitled [6]
Martin Disler
Untitled [6]
1981
Photo etching, etching, sugar lift aquatint, and roulette with scraping, edition I/X
96.18.6
Proof of second state of black plate and first state of red plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
Proof of second state of black plate and first state of red plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
1981
Drypoint and roulette in colors
96.139
Untitled [3]
Martin Disler
Untitled [3]
1981
Photo etching, aquatint, sugar lift aquatint, soft ground etching, hard ground etching, drypoint, and scraping, edition I/X
96.18.3
Image Not Available for Proof for Alla torre (To the Tower)
Sandro Chia
Proof for Alla torre (To the Tower)
1981
Etching, aquatint and drypoint in colors
96.141
14
Brice Marden
14
1986
Sugar lift aquatint, etching and roulette, artist's proof II/X, state I/I
96.29.14