Untitled (1)
1988
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color spitbite aquatint on Richard DeBas paper
Dimensions
sheet: 67.3 x 51.4 cm (26 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.) image: 45.1 x 35.2 cm (17 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.273
Art Historical Context
Anish Kapoor's *Untitled (1)* (1988) is a striking color spitbite aquatint print on luxurious Richard de Bas paper, measuring 67.3 x 51.4 cm overall. Produced during Kapoor's early maturity as a leading contemporary sculptor, this work captures his fascination with color, form, and the illusion of depth—hallmarks of his post-minimalist style. The image area (45.1 x 35.2 cm) invites viewers into immersive, pigment-rich voids reminiscent of his monumental installations like the pigment-encrusted sculptures of the 1980s. Spitbite aquatint, a dynamic etching technique, involves spraying or "spitt...
About the Artist
Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Kapoor, born Anish Mikhail Kapoor on 12 March 1954 in Mumbai, India, to a Punjabi Hindu father—a hydrographer and physicist in the Indian Navy—and an Iraqi-Jewish mother, grew up in a cosmopolitan family that shaped his multifaceted worldview. After attending the elite Doon School boarding school and a formative stint on an Israeli kibbutz, where he briefly pursued electrical engineering...