Mandevilla 3
1998
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint on Somerset Textured white paper
Dimensions
image: 50.5 x 45.4 cm (19 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.) sheet: 61 x 55.9 cm (24 x 22 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2001.142.108
Art Historical Context
Richard Tuttle’s “Mandevilla 3,” created in 1998, is a color aquatint printed on Somerset Textured white. The image measures roughly50.5 by45.4 centimeters, the sheet extends to61 by 55.9 centimeters giving the work a generous that invites viewers to consider both the printed area and the paper’s tactile surface. As a print gifted to the National Gallery of Art by master printer Kathan Brown, the piece reflects the close collaboration between artist and printmaker that has long shaped contemporary American printmaking. Aquatint is an intaglio technique prized for its ability to produce soft, ...
About the Artist
Richard Tuttle
Richard Tuttle, born on July 12, 1941, in Rahway, New Jersey, recognized his calling as an artist by kindergarten, inspired by his grandfather's drawings and early visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his mother. He studied art, philosophy, and literature at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, earning a BA in 1963, and spent a semester at Cooper Union. There, he met curator Sam Wags...