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Canto V, 1-9

Jurgen Partenheimer

Graphicstudio United States

Artwork details

Artist
Jurgen Partenheimer
Title
Canto V, 1-9
Description

Etching / lithograph / heliorelief woodcut prints

The nine vertical prints of Canto V are an experience in blue, a kind of high alpine blue that is spiritual and earthly at one time. The black or white drawings contain, or float within, or are under, the blueness that is as transparent and individually marked with swirls and mottles as a watercolor painting. Within this fluid extent, blocks of tonally consistent blue recede and come forward, and constellations of fingerprints drift. Each element is so finely pitched in shape, color and tone, as to be in continuous struggle to resolve a balance with the others. With the prints torn to the edges of the imagery, shorn of clues, it is difficult to discern exactly how the works of art were made.

Date
1997
Medium
Woodcut
Edition
20; XXX
Signature
Signed
Catalogue Raisonne
0
Sheet
47 x 31 inches
Price
Price on request
The Artist

Jurgen Partenheimer

Jürgen Partenheimer, born in Munich, Germany, who studied in the USA, Germany, Mexico and France counts among the outstanding artists of his generation. Partenheimer is a major artist with a distinguished international career. He was Visiting Professor at Concordia University, Montréal, at San Francisco Art Institute and Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf. Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of California, Professor of Art at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and Visiting Professor at Royal College of Art, Edinburgh and at Rhode Island School of Design and at Williams College.

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