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The Day The World Began by Richard R. Black

The Day The World Began by Richard R. Black

The Day The World Began

Richard R. Black

Title

The Day The World Began

 
Artist

Richard R. Black

  1932 - 2020 (biography)
Year
1988  
Technique
lithograph 
Image Size
10 1/2 x 14 1/4" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
178 of 200  
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned 
Reference
Iowa Museum of Art: 1988_39 
Paper
gray BFK Rives wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Lakeside Studio (chop in lower right) 
Inventory ID
19233 
Price
SOLD
Description

Verging between Abstract and Surreal, this detailed lithograph looks more like the world torn asunder than the beginning of a planet or a theological allegory. As such, the interpretation lies solely with the viewer, who is drawn in closer to the chaos to find meaning and familiarity. Yet the closer one looks the less certain one becomes. After all, the work is clearly executed with talent and with purpose, which might lead the viewer to expect a linear story.

Richard R. Black had mastered the techniques of fine art printmaking and taught these techniques at his alma Mater, Drake University in Iowa, for over 30 years. Despite the frenetic energy of the composition, there is a sense of beauteous, quiet and confident harmony.