Le Reve d'Hiver (The Winter Dream) - aka: Untitled 4 by Tetsuo Araki
Le Reve d'Hiver (The Winter Dream) - aka: Untitled 4
Tetsuo Araki
Title
Le Reve d'Hiver (The Winter Dream) - aka: Untitled 4
Artist
Tetsuo Araki
1937 - 1984 (biography)Year
1971
Technique
color aquatint with etching
Image Size
23 x 18" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
A/P (artist's proof) outside the published edtion of 120
Annotations
pencil editioned
Reference
Paper
Arches
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
1037
Price
$450.00
Description
Tokyo born Tetsuo Araki learned color intaglio printmaking in Paris with experimental printmaker Johnny Friedlaender. In this abstracted color composition he uses aquatint to achieve the deep blacks of the chasm and rich colors of the the checkerboard pattern.
The light areas of the top and bottom are done created using a light aquatint which is scraped back and lightly etched lines are added. The white "string" connecting the two sides also appears to have been scraped away.
Tetsuo Araki died in Paris at the young age of 47.