Cliffs I
Catalogue
- Year
- 1961
- Dimensions
- plate: 19 7/8 × 31 1/2" (50.5 × 80 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 34 3/8" (57.2 × 87.3 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Gabor Peterdi
Artist
Painting
Gabor Peterdi was a Hungarian-born American printmaker and painter whose mastery of intaglio techniques, particularly etching and engraving, made him a defining figure in postwar American printmaking. Working from the 1940s onward, he developed a lyrical abstract vocabulary that merged gestural mark-making with precise linear composition, often drawing on architectural and natural forms. His prints and paintings were instrumental in elevating the technical and conceptual possibilities of the medium during a period when printmaking was undergoing significant artistic renewal in the United States.
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- Gabor Peterdi
- Year
- 1961
- Dimensions
- plate: 19 7/8 × 31 1/2" (50.5 × 80 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 34 3/8" (57.2 × 87.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1961-M052194
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified