Duet: Wind and Thunder
1986
Image not available — this artwork is under copyright
View on museum website →Medium
one sheet from a set of two woodcuts in black and gray on Echizen Torinoko paper
Dimensions
sheet: 45.1 x 36.5 cm (17 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.193
Art Historical Context
Bryan Hunt's *Duet: Wind and* (1986) captures the raw power of nature through a masterful woodcut print, one sheet from a set of two. Created in black and gray inks on luxurious Echizen Torinoko—a fine Japanese sheet prized for its texture and absorbency—this 45.1 x 36.5 cm work exemplifies Hunt's fascination with elemental forces. The artist, a prominent American sculptor and printmaker born in 1947, often evoked cataclysmic natural phenomena in his oeuvre, blending precision with dramatic energy. Woodcuts, one of the oldest printmaking techniques, involve carving intricate designs into wood...
About the Artist
Bryan Hunt
Bryan Hunt (born 1947) is an American sculptor whose elegant, process-oriented works occupy a distinctive place in the landscape of postwar American art. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles before relocating to New York in the early 1970s, where he quickly became part of the dynamic artistic scene that included many of the leading figures of his genera...