Figures X
1988
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one of a set of eleven prints: color softground etching and aquatint on Somerset Soft White paper
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 39.3 cm (18 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.112
Art Historical Context
**Figures X** by Tony Cragg (1988) is a captivating color softground etching and aquatint, one of eleven prints in a cohesive portfolio. British sculptor Tony Cragg, for his Turner Prize-winning explorations of organic, abstracted forms inspired by nature and the human body, ventured into printmaking during this period. Created on luxurious Somerset Soft White paper (47 × 39.3 cm), *Figures X* likely distills Cragg's sculptural language into two-dimensional abstraction, evoking fluid figures through layered textures and vibrant hues that blur the line between representation and materiality. S...
About the Artist
Tony Cragg
Sir Tony Cragg (b. 1949) is a British sculptor whose career, spanning more than five decades, has traced a remarkable arc from early assemblages of found industrial materials to large-scale works of virtuosic formal invention in bronze, steel, glass, and wood. Born in Liverpool, Cragg worked as a laboratory technician for the British Rubber Producers Research Association before pursuing formal art...