Storm
1958
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching, engraving, and liftground on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 55.25 × 80.49 cm (21 3/4 × 31 11/16 in.) sheet: 61.91 × 87.63 cm (24 3/8 × 34 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust)
Accession Number
2015.19.3283
Art Historical Context
Gabor Peterdi's *Storm* (1958) is a dynamic color etching, engraving, and liftground on wove paper, measuring an impressive plate size of .25 × 80.49 cm. This mid-20th-century print captures the Hungarian-American artist's mastery of innovative printmaking techniques during a pivotal era in American modernism. Peterdi, who fled Europe amid World War II and became a influential educator at Yale University, drew inspiration from surrealism and abstract expressionism, often evoking nature's raw power through turbulent forms and bold contrasts. The artwork's technical brilliance lies in its layer...