Nightshore from By the Sea
1965/1966
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etching, engraving, and aquatint in green and black on wove Arches paper from a portfolio of six etchings and aquatints; four etching, engraving, and aquatints; four etchings; two etching and engravings; one etching, aquatint, and stencil; one engraving; and one cancelled copper plate
Dimensions
plate (diameter): 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1968.24.109.12
Art Historical Context
**Nightshore from By the Sea (1965/1966) is a captivating print by Karl Schrag, a master printmaker whose meticulous techniques bridged European traditions with American modernism. Created as part of the portfolio *By the Sea*, this etching, engraving, andatint in green and on luxurious wove Arches paper a moody coastal nocturne. Measuring just 17.5 cm in diameter, its intimate scale draws viewers into a dreamlike shoreline under night skies, blending shadowy depths with subtle tonal gradients. Schrag's virtuoso use of intaglio methods—etching for fluid lines, engraving for crisp precision, a...
About the Artist
Karl Schrag
Karl Schrag (1912–1995) was a German-born American painter and printmaker whose richly expressive work occupied a distinctive space between abstraction and a deeply felt response to the natural world. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, he studied in Geneva, Paris, and at the École des Beaux-Arts, immersing himself in the currents of European modernism before the rise of National Socialism forced him, lik...