Praying Woman

 

Krishna Reddy

  1925 - 2018 (biography)

1970  

engraving, printed with simultaneous color technique (viscosity print) 

17 3/8 x 13 11/16" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

possibly a proof, outside of the edition of 10 

pencil titled, inscribed "Imp by the artist" 

Bronx Museum, Krishna Reddy A Retrospective, listed on page 70 in the catalog; British Museum #2000,10,0.42 

antique-white wove Arches 

proof 

Atelier 17 and artist 

20629 

SOLD

Krishna Reddy was one of the early experimenters at Atelier 17 using the simultaneous or "viscosity" method of printing intaglios. He is credited with developing the technique so that a consistent printing could be done and a fairly uniform edition printed. Reddy commented about Praying Woman: "I made a series of drawings of standing figures working in detail from a particular person, slowly evolving toward a more abstract human figure. I ended up with the vertically drawn line which meant a life force or life rhythm for me. Using this extraordinary line as armature, I rebuilt it into a human form, with my etching materials. / Using the motor-driven metal and stone grinders, I carved the figure like a sculpture. I covered the whole surface with fine aquatint. With a mechanical abrasive I polished the whole metal surface carefully. The figure emerged built of subtle aquatint tones. With the intaglio on, I rolled the colors with rollers of different densities. This time I discovered to my surprise the plate was vibrating and shimmering with tertiary color fields built in points, steaks and broken colors."