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Collection Online as of May 14, 2024

Boiled Egg

Boiled Egg

1978
(French, 1921–2009)
France, 20th century
color mezzotint
Platemark: 27.5 x 34 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2018.64
Catalogue raisonné: Passeron 548
Location: not on view

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.
  • Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH
    June 4, 2018
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Passeron, Roger, and Mario Avati. Mario Avati: l'oeuvre grave. Paris: Bibliotheque des arts, 1984. 50
  • {{cite web|title=Boiled Egg|url=false|author=Mario Avati|year=1978|access-date=14 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.64