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Joan Gardy Artigas (Spanish, b. 1938): Drawings I, 1970-1983

Sculptures / Sculptures 2 / Sculptures 3 / Drawings / Drawings 2
Lithographs / Lithographs 2 / Lithographs 3 / Lithographs 4 / Lithographs 5 / Lithographs 6
Etchings / Etchings 2

Artigas speech at University of Wisconsin: "Eroticizing the World"
Spanish Art: Artigas / Bru / Chillida / Guinovart / Lledos / Miro / Palazuelo / Picasso / Rafols-Casamada / Saura / Tapies
Dominante brun / Brown dominant. Original pencil drawing, 1970. See below for the lithograph related to this drawing. Image size: 625x497mm. Price: $1750.
Dominante brun / Brown dominant. Original color lithograph, 1970. 75 signed and numbered impressions on Arches published by Maeght Editeur, Paris. Image size: 625x497mm. Price: $650.
Noire. Original pencil drawing, 1970. Image size: 625x497mm. Price: $1750.
Le grand discours / Oration. Original drawing, 1973. Artigas' working model for the etching immediately above acquired directly from the artist. Comparison of the two reveals how much improvisation can be involved in the process of making an etching. Image size: 400x345mm. Price: $2000.

The etching and drawing are available as a pair at the combination price of $2500.
Le grand discours / Oration. Original etching, 1973. 75 signed and numbered impressions on Rives published by Maeght Editeur in Paris. Ours is an HC impression acquired directly from the artist. Artigas has explained his love of etchings as follows: "If I want a secret image with a magic quality, I turn to etching. The pressure of the damp paper will insure that the intensity of the black, the relief of the features etched on the copper will remain on the paper, giving it a richness and a finesse that forces us to look closely at it, making us wish to hold the etching in our hands, to feel the quality of the paper. The result is a work more secret, more intimate—more precious." Image size: 395x320mm on 760x570mm Arches paper. Price: $850.
Composition 3. Original drawing, 1982. Executed during Artigas' first visit to Madison WI. While in Madison, he stayed with us and every night, after working in the ceramics lab, he would draw on our big plywood work table, where he fell in love with the patterns that the plywood made when he drew upon sheets of paper resting directly upon the surface of the wood. Image size: 320x408mm. Price: $1750.
Composition 3. Original drawing, 1982. Executed during Artigas' first visit to Madison WI. While in Madison, he stayed with us and every night, after working in the ceramics lab, he would draw on our big plywood work table, where he fell in love with the patterns that the plywood made when he drew upon sheets of paper resting directly upon the surface of the wood. Image size: 320x408mm. Price: SOLD.
Suite Madison 1. Original drawing, 1983. Executed during Artigas' tenure as a Visiting Artist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While in Madison, he stayed with us and every night, after working in the ceramics lab, he would draw on our big plywood work table, where he fell in love with the patterns that the plywood made when he drew upon sheets of paper resting directly upon the surface of the wood. Image size: 408x320mm. Price: $1500.
Suite Madison 4. Original drawing, 1983. Executed during Artigas' tenure as a Visiting Artist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While in Madison, he stayed with us and every night, after working in the ceramics lab, he would draw on our big plywood work table, where he fell in love with the patterns that the plywood made when he drew upon sheets of paper resting directly upon the surface of the wood. Image size: 408x320mm. Price: SOLD.
Suite Madison 3. Original drawing, 1983. Executed during Artigas' tenure as a Visiting Artist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Image size: 320x408mm. Price: $1500.

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