Ojo
1965
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lithograph (stone) in red, two blacks, pink and light green on German Etching paper
Dimensions
image: 98.8 x 71.2 cm (38 7/8 x 28 1/16 in.) sheet: 100.9 x 72.7 cm (39 3/4 x 28 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1983.18.159
Art Historical Context
**Ojo** by Garo Antreas, created in 1965, is a striking lithograph printed from stone in vibrant layers of red, two blacks, pink, and light green on deluxe German Etching paper. nearly 99 x 71 cm, this large-scale print exemplifies the technical precision of mid-20th-century American printmaking. The title "Ojo," Spanish for "eye," hints at motifs of observation or introspection, rendered through Antreasian's masterful command of color and form. Antreasian, a prominent Armenian-American artist and lithographer (1922–2014), was a key figure in revitalizing stone lithography during the 1960s. A...
About the Artist
Garo Antreasian
Garo Zareh Antreasian (1922–2018), an American artist of Armenian descent born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to parents who survived the 1915 Armenian genocide, discovered lithography at age seventeen while attending Arsenal Technical High School, using abandoned equipment there. He earned a BFA from the Herron School of Art in 1948, served as a combat artist in the Pacific during World War II, and th...