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Landscape Against the Light

Abstract sketching with think black lines in the top half that grow to a dominant black ground in the bottom half. Between the black are areas of light-brown, white, and gray textured with striations.

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  • Abstract sketching with think black lines in the top half that grow to a dominant black ground in the bottom half. Between the black are areas of light-brown, white, and gray textured with striations.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Mario Prassinos
French, born Turkey, 1916-1985

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Mario Prassinos

Title

Landscape Against the Light

Place

France (Artist's nationality)

Date

Artist's working dates 1936–1959

Medium

Etching on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 43.6 × 61.2 cm (17 3/16 × 24 1/8 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 77 cm (22 × 30 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Print and Drawing Club Fund

Reference Number

1959.177

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