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Nancy Graves Calibrate 1981

Name: Nancy Graves Calibrate 1981
Brand: Nancy Graves
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Nancy Graves

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Nancy Graves

Calibrate, 1981

16 color etching, aquatint, engraving and lithograph.

Printed from 5 copper plates, 1 zinc plate and 1 stone.

Hand Signed, dated and numbered 12/30

Frame included

Edition 12/30

This dazzling 16 color etching, aquatint, engraving and lithograph printed from 5 copper plates, 1 zinc plate and 1 stone is by Nancy Graves - the first woman ever to have a retrospective at the Whitney Museum. It is in framed in the original handmade vintage wood frame.
Measurements:
frame: 31 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches
sheet: 29 1/4 x 32 3/4 inches
Catalogue Raisonne References: Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Nancy Graves, Excavations in Print
Tyler Graphics Catalogue Raisonne 1974-1985 (110NG9), p. 140-141 (full page illustration)
Nancy Graves (1938-1995), an accomplished and inventive sculptor and printmaker who was once married to Richard Serra, whom she met at Yale School of Art. She later died of breast cancer at the young age of only 58, but not before finding a more fulfilling relationship after her marriage to Serra. Nancy Graves was the first woman to be awarded a solo retrospective at the Whitney Museum.