Dark Mountain
Artist
Gabor Peterdi
(American, born Hungary, 1915 - 2001)
Date1961
MediumRelief etching, engraving, and aquatint on zinc
DimensionsOverall: 22 5/8 × 32 5/8 inches (57.48 × 82.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object numberF72-10
Edition/State/Proof21/50
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionAgainst dark, rocky background, massive form resembling stepped pyramid, with irregular all-over textural rendering of vertical white, mostly tear-drop shapes over grey aquatint and black, having some engraved inner markings.ProvenanceR. M. Light and Co., Inc., Boston [1];
Karen Dean Bunting (Mrs. George H. Bunting, Jr., 1912-1981), Shawnee Mission, KS, by 1972;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1972.
NOTES:
[1] List of Gifts to the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum by Mrs. George H. Bunting, Jr., Nelson-Atkins Registration files.
Copyright© Estate of Gabor F. Peterdi
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