UFO [working proof 7]
1998
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint and etching on wove paper [working proof 7]
Dimensions
plate: 27.4 × 35.2 cm (10 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 38.6 × 46.1 cm (15 3/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.484
Art Historical Context
**UFO [working proof7]** by Tom Marioni invites visitors into the experimental side of late 20th-century print. Created in 1998, this aquatint and etching wove paper captures the iterative process as the seventh working proof—a rare glimpse behind the scenes of editioned prints. Measuring 27.4 × 35.2 cm on the plate, it reflects Marioni's conceptual approach, blending precise technique with imaginative themes suggested by the enigmatic title "UFO." Aquatint and etching techniques shine here: etching delivers sharp, incisive lines, while aquatint builds rich tonal gradients through powdered re...
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...