Untitled #1 (Grey Rock)
1985
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View on museum website →Medium
color softground etching, soapground aquatint, and hardground etching on Somerset Satin paper
Dimensions
image: 10.2 x 15.2 cm (4 x 6 in.) sheet: 28.9 x 33 cm (11 3/8 x 13 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.27
Art Historical Context
William Brice's *Untitled #1 (Grey Rock)* (1985) is a masterful small-scale print that captures the artist's late-career fascination with abstracted natural forms. Born in 1921, Brice was a prominent American painter and printmaker associated with abstract expressionism and cubist influences, often drawing from organic motifs like rocks and landscapes. This intimate work, measuring just 4 x 6 inches in its image area, evokes the quiet solidity of a grey rock through subtle tonal shifts and textured surfaces, inviting viewers to contemplate the interplay of light, shadow, and form. Crafted usi...