Composition
1961
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color etching, engraving, aquatint and sugar-lift
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1058
Art Historical Context
**Composition** by Terry Haass, created in 1961, is a vibrant color print that exemplifies the innovative spirit of mid-20th-century print. Haass, a skilled practitioner of intaglio techniques, crafted this work using a complex combination of etching, engraving,atint, and sugarift methods. Etching and engraving provide precise lines and textures, while aquatint tonal depth for subtle gradations. The sugar-lift technique, which involves applying a sugar solution to create organic, painterly effects resistant to acid, allows for fluid, expressive forms—bridging the gap between drawing and painti...
About the Artist
Terry Haass
Terry Haass (1923–2016) was a Czech-born French printmaker and painter who became one of the most technically accomplished and poetically inventive graphic artists working in postwar Paris. Born in Prague, she experienced the upheavals of the Second World War before ultimately settling in France, where she built a long and distinguished career at the center of the international printmaking communi...