Vision of Fear
Artist
Gabor Peterdi
(American, born Hungary, 1915 - 2001)
Date1953
MediumEtching and engraving on zinc, with four intaglio color plates inset on copper and one color offset from rubber mold
DimensionsPlate: 23 1/16 × 35 9/16 inches (58.57 × 90.32 cm)
Sheet: 26 × 38 inches (66.04 × 96.52 cm)
Sheet: 26 × 38 inches (66.04 × 96.52 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object numberF65-38
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DescriptionGround plane, bottom, with black striations extending toward vanishing points, right and left, from which thorny perpendiculars rise into tall upper portion crisscrossed by complex webs of radiating lines, continuous, dotted, straight, curved. Insets: middle left, axehead-like form in tan crossed by ochre lines, two black; slightly above, right, black cross form traversed by red lines; bottom right, semitriangular form in rust red, transected by red lines and two black; middle off-white oblong area with inner purple lines, overlaid by tapering "H" in black. Right of cross, area of radiating rust red strokes.Copyright© Estate of Gabor F. Peterdi
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