Landscape
1988
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View on museum website →Medium
spitbite aquatint and aquatint in black on Somerset Textured White paper
Dimensions
sheet: 58.4 x 50.8 cm (23 x 20 in.) image: 34.9 x 30.5 cm (13 3/4 x 12 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.129
Art Historical Context
Tony Cragg's *Landscape* (1988) is a captivating print that bridges the artist's renowned sculptural practice with the intricate world of printmaking. A leading figure in contemporary British sculpture, Cragg is celebrated for his abstract forms inspired by natural landscapes, industrial debris, and organic growth. Created during his mature period, this work translates those tactile, twisting motifs into two dimensions, evoking the fluidity of eroded earth and shifting terrains. The medium—spitbite aquatint and aquatint in black on Somerset Textured White paper—showcases innovative etching te...
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...