Fruit Juice Bottles IV, State 2
1990
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint and spitbite aquatint on Somerset Textured paper
Dimensions
sheet: 48.9 x 49.5 cm (19 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.) image: 33 x 38.1 cm (13 x 15 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.121
Art Historical Context
**Fruit Juice Bottles IV, State 2** (1990) by British sculptor Tony Cragg captures the artist's fascination with everyday objects transformed into dynamic, abstract forms. Cragg, a leading figure in late 20th-century contemporary art and winner of the 1988 Turner Prize, often draws inspiration from consumer goods like bottles, twisting their familiar shapes into organic, sculptural compositions. This print, designated "State 2," represents an intermediate proof in the editioning process, offering visitors a glimpse into the meticulous evolution of Cragg's vision. Printed in color aquatint and...
About the Artist
Tony Cragg
Sir Tony Cragg (b. 1949) is a British sculptor whose career, spanning more than five decades, has traced a remarkable arc from early assemblages of found industrial materials to large-scale works of virtuosic formal invention in bronze, steel, glass, and wood. Born in Liverpool, Cragg worked as a laboratory technician for the British Rubber Producers Research Association before pursuing formal art...