Untitled
published 1991
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View on museum website →Medium
one from a portfolio of 24 prints with title page: photogravure in black on Somerset Satin paper
Dimensions
plate: 45.9 x 31.8 cm (18 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 59.2 x 42 cm (23 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1996.93.7
Art Historical Context
Christian Boltanski's *Untitled* (1991) is one print from a poignant portfolio of 24 photogravures on luxurious Somerset Satin paper, to the National Gallery of Art by Kathan Brown. Boltanski, a French artist renowned for his haunting explorations of memory, loss, and absence, often drew from personal and collective histories, evoking the fragility of identity in the shadow of 20th-century traumas like the Holocaust. This untitled work exemplifies his minimalist yet emotionally charged approach, where stark imagery invites viewers to confront the voids left by forgotten lives. Photogravure, t...