Untitled #12
1990
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint with spitbite and soapground aquatint on Somerset Satin paper
Dimensions
image: 28.9 x 27.9 cm (11 3/8 x 11 in.) sheet: 42.6 x 37.8 cm (16 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.30
Art Historical Context
William Brice's *Untitled #12* (1990) is a captivating color aquatint print that exemplifies the artist's late-career mastery of abstraction and printmaking innovation. Born in 1921, Brice, a prominent American painter and educator associated with UCLA, drew from influences like Picasso and abstract expressionism, evolving toward lyrical, gestural forms. Created near the end of his life—this work dates to just eight years before his death in 1998—it reflects his experimental spirit in translating painterly techniques to paper. The medium shines through sophisticated intaglio processes: color ...