Olive Thoughts [working proof 1]
1993
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color soap ground aquatint with hard ground etching, drypoint and aquatint on Somerset paper (WP 1 – color proof with partial blur inking over green in background) [working proof 1]
Dimensions
27 x 37 in.
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.387
About the Artist
Per Kirkeby
Per Kirkeby (1938–2018) was a Danish artist of exceptional versatility whose career encompassed painting, sculpture, printmaking, film, and writing, establishing him as one of the most significant European artists of the postwar era. Born in Copenhagen in 1938, Kirkeby studied geology at the University of Copenhagen and participated in scientific expeditions to Greenland before enrolling at the Ex...