Suburbs (Spitbite Series) IV
1990
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aquatint and spitbite aquatint in blue on Somerset Textured paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 x 31.1 cm (15 x 12 1/4 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
1998.40.146
Art Historical Context
Tony Cragg's *Suburbs (Spit Series) IV* (1990) is a captivating print that captures the British artist's fascination with organic forms and urban landscapes. Cragg, renowned for his sculptures blending abstraction and natural motifs, ventured into printmaking during this period, producing this intimate work on Somerset Textured paper. Measuring just 38.1 x 31.1 cm, the blue-toned aquatint viewers into a subtle evocation of suburban sprawlperhaps hinting at the sprawling, amorphous edges of modern life through its fluid, ethereal shapes. The standout technique here is spitbite aquatint, a dari...
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...