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Composition by Kurt Rudolf Hoffmann Sonderborg
Composition
Kurt Rudolf Hoffmann Sonderborg
Title
Composition
Artist
Kurt Rudolf Hoffmann Sonderborg
1923 - 2008 (biography)Year
1958
Technique
color aquatint
Image Size
16 3/4 x 22" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
59 of 75
Annotations
pencil dated and editioned
Reference
MOMA #635.1959; illustrated in MOMA's 2006 exhibition catalog "Eye on Europe" page 16, figure 1.
Paper
ivory BFK Rives wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
21174
Price
$1,800.00
Description
This untitled "composition" is an excellent example of Sonderborg's Tachist work. Influenced by both the experimental prints being done at Atelier 17 in Paris and his exposure to the "Action Painting" of the New York Abstract Expressionists Sonderborg creates a swirling, gestural image in aquatint. He tempers the calligraphic black with some color, blue and red-orange, which adds an even more explosive element to the composition.
An impression of this aquatint is in the Museum of Modern Art collection and was used in an exhibition in 2006, titled "Eye on Europe" and is illustrated in color on page 16, figure 1.