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Boiled Egg

1978

Mario Avati

(French, 1921–2009)
Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
color mezzotint
Measurements
Platemark: 27.5 x 34 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.64
Catalogue raisonné
Passeron 548
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

As a master of mezzotint—a type of intaglio printmaking which works from dark to light by scraping down a roughened metal plate—Mario Avati’s imagery often gives the sense of objects or animals emerging into the light from dark shadow. Rendered with an emphasis on shape and form, and with child-like sincerity, this still life is subtly colored and suggests that color exists only where there is light.

Boiled Egg

1978

Mario Avati

(French, 1921–2009)
France, 20th century

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