Untitled
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etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 50.8 x 33.3 cm (20 x 13 1/8 in.) plate: 36.5 x 27.6 cm (14 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
2004.5.3
Art Historical Context
Jürgen Partenheimer's *Untitled* etching from 1983 exemplifies the artist's mastery of minimal abstraction, a hallmark of his career exploring spatial perception and geometric form. Created as a black etching on smooth wove paper, this intimate print measures 50.8 x 33.3 cm overall, with the plate marking a focused 36.5 x 27.6 cm. Partenheimer, a German artist born in 1944, drew from influences like constructivism and philosophy, often using stark lines and voids to evoke introspection during the introspective art scene of the early 1980s. Etching, an intaglio technique where acid etches desi...