Untitled
1966
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph in black on Richard de Bas Laga Narcisse handmade paper
Dimensions
image: 26 x 21 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 31.4 x 21.9 cm (12 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1983.18.453
Art Historical Context
José Luis Cuevas's *Untitled* (1966) is a striking black lithograph on luxurious Richard de Bas Laga Narcisse handmade paper, measuring 26 x 21 cm for the image and slightly larger for the sheet. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's print collection as a generous gift from Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, this work exemplifies the technical precision of lithography—a 19th-century planographic process that Cuevas mastered to achieve rich tonal contrasts and intricate lines directly from stone or metal plates. As a leading figure in Mexico's Generación de Ruptura (Generation of Rupture), Cu...