UFO [working proof 4]
1998
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color aquatint and etching on wove paper [working proof 4]
Dimensions
plate: 27.5 × 35.2 cm (10 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.) sheet: 38.3 × 45.5 cm (15 1/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.481
Art Historical Context
**UFO [working 4]** by Tomioni (1998) invites visitors into experimental heart of printmaking. This aquatint and etching wove paper captures the iterative process as the fourth working proof, stage where refinements in color, tone, and are tested before final editions. Measuring 27.5 × 35.2 cm on the (sheet: 38. × 45.5), it exemplifies late th-century innovation in int techniques at institutions like the National Gallery of Art's Prints department (CG-W). Aquatint, paired with etching, allows for rich tonal gradations and vibrant colors through layered acid-etched plates, inked, and pressed o...
About the Artist
Tom Marioni
Tom Marioni (born 1937) is an American conceptual and performance artist based in San Francisco who has been a pivotal figure in West Coast conceptual art since the late 1960s. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy before moving to San Francisco, where he became deeply involved in the city's experimental art scene. In 1970, Marioni founded the Museum of Conceptual Art...