Suburbs (Spitbite Series) II
1990
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aquatint and spitbite aquatint in yellow on Somerset Textured paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 x 33 cm (15 x 13 in.) image: 25.1 x 20.3 cm (9 7/8 x 8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.144
Art Historical Context
Tony Cragg's *Suburbs (Spitbite Series II* (1990) captures the artist's fascination with form and urban landscapes through innovative printmaking. A British sculptor renowned for his organic, abstract sculptures that explore the interplay between human-made objects and natural processes, Cragg ventured into printmaking here, translating his three-dimensional sensibilities into two dimensions. This work, part of the Spitbite Series, reflects the late 20th-century shift toward experimental techniques amid growing suburban sprawl in post-industrial Britain. The medium—aquatint and spitbite aquat...
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...