Foggy Day
started 1994, published 1995
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching and aquatint on Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.53 × 8.89 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.) sheet: 32.39 × 26.67 cm (12 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
2017.54.39
Art Historical Context
**Foggy Day** by Elizabeth Murray, started in 1994 and published in 1995, captures the artist's playful exploration of form and color in a compact print format. Murray, a prominent American painter known for her boldly shaped canvases and vibrant abstractions influenced by Pop Art and Neo-Expressionism, ventured into printmaking here, creating an intimate work on Rives BFK wove paper—a premium, velvety substrate favored for its ability to hold fine details and rich inks. This color etching and aquatint exemplifies advanced intaglio techniques: etching for crisp lines and aquatint for subtle t...
About the Artist
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007) was a pioneering American painter whose exuberant, sculptural canvases redefined the boundaries of abstraction in the late 20th century. Born on September 6, 1940, in Chicago to Irish-Catholic parents—a lawyer father and a mother who aspired to commercial art—she showed an early passion for drawing cartoons, nurtured by her mother's encouragement and high school art te...