Fruit Juice Bottles I, State 1
1990
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint and spitbite aquatint on Somerset Textured paper
Dimensions
sheet: 51.4 x 48.9 cm (20 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.) image: 35.2 x 38.1 cm (13 7/8 x 15 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.114
Art Historical Context
**Fruit Juice Bottles I, State 1** is a vibrant 1990 color aquatint and spitbite aquatint by British artist Tony Cragg, a leading figure in contemporary sculpture and printmaking. Printed on Somerset Textured paper, this work measures 51.4 x 48.9 cm overall, with the image spanning 35.2 x 38.1 cm. As a "State 1" proof, it represents an early iteration in the printmaking process, offering visitors a rare glimpse into Cragg's iterative experimentation. Donated to the National Gallery of Art by pioneering print publisher Kathan Brown, it highlights the collaborative spirit of late-20th-century ar...
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...