El Toro by Tony Harrison

El Toro by Tony Harrison

El Toro

Tony Harrison

Title

El Toro

 
Artist

Tony Harrison

  1931 - 2012 (biography)
Year
1958  
Technique
color aquatint and etching 
Image Size
19 1/2 x 24 1/2" platemark 
Signature
lower right, pencil 
Edition Size
42 of 50  
Annotations
title 
Reference
 
Paper
cream BFK 
State
published 
Publisher
Editions Alecto, St Georges Gallery, London 
Inventory ID
11201 
Price
SOLD
Description
El Toro is an abstract expressionist work from 1958. The red background suggests the matador’s cape while the gestural black lines imply the power, fierceness, and charge of the bull. El Toro was produced in London and there are color variations within the edition.