Landscape XXXIV (First State)
1997
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etching, engraving, and drypoint in black on green Murillo wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 70.8 × 60.33 cm (27 7/8 × 23 3/4 in.) sheet: 99.7 × 69.85 cm (39 1/4 × 27 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Evan Summer)
Accession Number
2015.19.3142
Art Historical Context
**Landscape XXXIV (First State by Evan Summer, created in 1997, viewers into a masterful evocation of nature's enigma. This large-scale print, part of the artist's ongoing series of imagined landscapes, captures the essence of vast, otherworldly terrains through intricate black lines on vibrant green Murillo wove. Summer, a contemporary American printmaker at the Corcoran of Art, drew inspiration from the romantic tradition of landscape depiction, infusing his work with a sense of mystery and introspection characteristic of late 20th-century printmaking. The artwork's technical brilliance shi...