Hurtado, Luchita | Untitled, 2019 — available on Composition Gallery

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Untitled by Luchita Hurtado, created in 2019, is an aquatint print that subtly explores the relationship between nature’s elements. The composition is minimalistic, with words like SKY, WATER, EARTH, and COPPER dispersed across the page, each word corresponding to a natural layer or element. Delicate lines segment the composition, suggesting a geological cross-section, where the layers transition from sky to earth. Printed on Lana Aquarelle paper, the work's simplicity and clean lines reflect Hurtado’s interest in the interconnectedness of the natural world. This piece invites contemplation on how each element forms part of a larger, cohesive whole.

Luchita Hurtado (Venezuela/United States, 1920–2020) was a Venezuelan-born American painter whose work spanned over eight decades. Her art seamlessly blended abstraction, mysticism, and environmental themes, often exploring the interconnectedness of the human body and nature. Despite her long career, Hurtado gained significant recognition later in life, being named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2019.

Luchita Hurtado

Untitled, 2019

Name: Untitled, 2019
SKU: 8630

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Aquatint

AquatintIntaglio is a printmaking technique where the artist creates marks on a metal plate that hold ink or dye. The inked plate is then pressed onto paper, transferring the ink to the sheet. This process can be repeated multiple times depending on the technique. Intaglio methods, such as etching, often involve applying a mordant (acid) to the metal plate to create the design. Intaglio encompasses various techniques, including engraving, etching, and drypoint.

Edition

Edition of 75 + 10APs

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Luchita Hurtado

Untitled, 2019

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I am Earth. I am the you, the he, the she, the it.
- Luchita Hurtado

Venezuelan-born artist Luchita Hurtado was only recognized for her artworks towards the end of her life even though she had been creating art since the 50s, where pre-Columbian and tribal themes. Since then, Luchita took on themes of a broad range of styles and themes, highlighting political issues related to feminism and environmentalism while incorporating different approaches to art, ranging from modernist abstraction to decorative arts and indigenous figurative and surrealist style. Although her journey to being accepted in the world of art was a long one, Luchita states, "I really haven't ever resented any time I've given, because I don't think it's time lost."

Hurtado's' most famous works may be the "I Am" series (1960), which fixes the viewer in the artist's head, looking down at her own body in a way that often conjures a landscape painting.

Luchitas Hurtado received the Americans for the Arts Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award on 2019 and also received mention in Times Magazine's '100 most influential people'.

Artwork by Rene Magritte

What is Surrealism?

Surrealism began in the 1920s as an art and literary movement with the goal of revealing the unconscious mind and unleashing the imagination by exploring unusual and dream-like imagery. Influenced by Sigmund Freud’s theories of psychoanalysis, Surrealist artists and writers sought to bring the unconscious into rational life, blurring the lines between reality and dreams. The movement aimed to challenge conventional perceptions and express the irrational aspects of the human experience.

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Luchita Hurtado

Untitled, 2019

43.2 x 35.6 cm

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