Untitled
1946
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View on museum website →Medium
screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints and five etchings (four with aquatint and one with aquatint and drypoint) on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 16.3 × 22 cm (6 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 16.3 × 22 cm (6 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession Number
1997.119.1.4
Art Historical Context
Frank K. Bacher's *Untitled* (1946 is a striking screenprint from a rare portfolio comprising ten screenprints five etchings—four with aquatint one featuring aquatint and drypoint— smooth wove paper. Measuring a compact 16.3 × 22 cm, this intimate work captures the post-World War II era, a time when American artists like Bacher explored innovative printmaking to push boundaries of abstraction and expression. Screenprinting, or serigraphy, allowed for bold, flat areas of color and precise layering, bridging fine art with commercial graphic techniques popularized in the mid-20th century. As par...