Nostalgic Item
1967
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate (overall): 29.21 × 45.72 cm (11 1/2 × 18 in.) sheet: 49.21 × 62.87 cm (19 3/8 × 24 3/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Linde)
Accession Number
2015.19.2491.4
Art Historical Context
### Nostalgic Item Created in 1967, *Nostalgic Item* is a vibrant color etching on wove paper by Juan, a Chilean-American artist renowned for bridging traditional media with emerging conceptual and video practices. Measuring 29.21 × 45.72 cm on the plate and larger on its 49.21 × 62.87 cm sheet, intimate print invites close contemplation. As part of a portfolio (CG-W classification), it reflects the experimental printmaking scene of the 1960s, when artists like Downey pushed etching techniques to evoke emotion and memory through layered colors and precise lines incised into a metal plate. Et...