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Maker(s):Markgraf, Waltraud Erna Else Lisa
Culture:Canadian, born Germany (1937-)
Title:98 from the series Toronto 20
Date Made:1965
Type:Print
Materials:Three-color silkscreen on wove paper
Place Made:Published by University of Toronto Press
Measurements:Sheet: 20 in x 26 15/16 in; 50.8 cm x 68.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE / DATE: front, upp. l. (graphite): MARKGRAF '65; TITLE: front, upp. l. (graphite): 98
Accession Number:  UM 1986.47
Credit Line:Gift of Richard E. Caves
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
razor blade

Label Text:
Born in Hanover, Germany. She explored as completely as possible that infinite spectrum of gradations that exists between the densest blacks and the most blinding whites. Second, she chose to explore this tonal range through the medium of the litho-graphic pen, a very strong instrument that allowed her to build up a drawing out of thousands of very fine lines. Third, she decided to reject the linear and work only in terms of mass. She described that universe of living and non-living forms which remains to be discovered, both in our minds and in the undiscovered worlds of the furthermost galaxy.

Tags:
abstract; circles; silhouettes

Subjects:
Art, Abstract; Circle; screen prints; Silk

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