Suburbs (Softground Series) III
1926 to 1950
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softground etching and aquatint in black and yellow on Somerset Textured paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.5 × 31.7 cm (14 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.140
Art Historical Context
Tony Cragg's *Suburbs (Softground Series) III*, created between 1926 and 1950, captures the essence of mid-20th-century urban expansion through an intimate print measuring 36.5 × 31.7 cm. Produced as a softground etching and aquatint in black and yellow on Somerset Textured paper, this work belongs to the National Gallery of Art's print collection, generously gifted by Kathan Brown, founder of Crown Point Press. Softground etching, a technique using a softer wax ground, allows artists to create delicate, textured impressions—often by pressing materials like fabric or paper onto the plate—whil...
About the Artist
Tony Cragg
Sir Tony Cragg (b. 1949) is a British sculptor whose career, spanning more than five decades, has traced a remarkable arc from early assemblages of found industrial materials to large-scale works of virtuosic formal invention in bronze, steel, glass, and wood. Born in Liverpool, Cragg worked as a laboratory technician for the British Rubber Producers Research Association before pursuing formal art...