The Kiss
1950s
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etching and aquatint
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1954.12.107
Art Historical Context
### The Kiss by Harold Persico Paris in the 1950s, *The Kiss* is a etching and aquatint American printmaker Harold Persico Paris, now housed in the National Gallery Art's Rosenwald CollectionDepartment CG-W). This intimate title evokes timeless themes of love and connection, rendered through Paris's masterful command of printmaking techniques. Etching involves incising fine lines into a metal plate acid for precise, expressive contours, while aquatint adds rich tonal gradients through a powdered resin process, allowing for subtle shading and depth. Together, these methods create a luminous, ...