1946-1949
Time in Space (1946)
Edition: 35
15.93 x 23.83 in. | 45.5 x 60.5 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, extensive burnishing and scraping, large open-bite areas, electric stippler.
One plate: one copper plate.
Dachau (1946)
Edition: 35
15.62 x 23.67 in. | 39.8 x 60.1 cm.
Intaglio: plate bitten and worked in multi-levels (stopped-out areas with deep open bite) containing engraving, gouged-out white areas, soft ground, etching, aquatint, extensive burnishing and scraping.
One plate: one copper plate.
For an Eye an Eye I (1946-1948)
Edition: 50
26.37 x 21.06 in. | 66.8 x 53.6 cm.
Intaglio: etching, soft ground, aquatint, open-bite areas, extensive scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate.
For an Eye an Eye series: 4 prints (1946-1948)
For an Eye an Eye II (1946-1948)
Edition: 50
26.12 x 21.62 in. | 66.8 x 53.6 cm.
Intaglio: etching, soft ground, aquatint, gouged-out white areas, electric stippler, extensive scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate.
For an Eye an Eye series: 4 prints (1946-1948)
For an Eye an Eye III (1946-1948)
Edition: 50
27.0 x 21.5 in. | 68.5 x 54.6 cm.
Intaglio: etching, aquatint, open-bite areas, lift ground, electric stippler, extensive scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate.
For an Eye an Eye series: 4 prints (1946-1948)
For an Eye an Eye IV (1946-1948)
Edition: 50
26.62 x 21.06 in. | 66.8 x 53.6 cm.
Intaglio: etching, engraving, stopped-out open-bite areas, aquatint, electric stippler, extensive scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate.
For an Eye an Eye series: 4 prints (1946-1948)
Spring (1947)
Edition: 50
23.75 x 8.75 in. | 60.4 x 22.1 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, aquatint, large open-bite areas, electric stippler.
Nine plates: one master copper plate printed in black, eight copper color plates.
Fall (1947)
Edition: 5
23.87 x 8.0 in. | 16.6 x 21.0 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, aquatint, open-bite areas.
Two plates: one copper master plate, one copper color plate.
Winter (1947)
Edition: 5
24.0 x 8.37 in. | 61.0 x 21.3 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, aquatint, electric stippler, large open-bite areas.
Four plates: one copper master plate, three copper color plates. All plates contain color in the intaglio area except for purple, which is rolled on. Lower right hand corner red area is a cut-out plate which is placed upon the master plate, then printed. This approach is again taken up in Bleeding Heart (1970) and Quetzalcoatl (1972).
Black Print (1947)
Edition: unique print, trial proof.
23.82 x 17.62 in. | 60.3 x 44.8 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, soft ground, aquatint, etching, open-bite areas, burnishing and scraping.
Two plates: two copper plates printed in black ink on black paper; the plates are positioned side by side. One is the master plate of Winter and the other is the master plate of Spring while still in state form.
My Boy (1947)
Edition: 35
16.93 x 14.0 in. | 43.0 x 35.6 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, open-bite areas, electric stippler, burnishing, extensive scraping.
Five plates: two copper master plates, three copper color plates. Six states of this print are believed to exist.
My Wife (1947)
Edition: 35
Color plates:
21.25 x 16.62 in. | 58.3 x 42.2 cm.
Master plates:
17.93 x 14.87 in. | 45.6 x 37.7 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, water ground, burnishing and scraping.
Six plates: one copper master plate, five copper color plates. This plate was used for the print My Wife and Thomas (1959).
Self-Portrait (1948)
Edition: 50
23.93 x 15.82 in. | 60.8 x 40.2 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, open-bite areas, scraping and burnishing.
Three plates: one copper master plate, two zinc color plates.
Pieta (1948)
Edition: 35
19.25 x 28.0 in. | 49.0 x 71.1 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, lift ground, grease ground, electric stippler, extensive scraping and burnishing.
Nine plates: one copper master plate, eight zinc color plates. Master plate is printed twice in black.
El Pajaro (1948)
Edition: 50
28.87 x 22.32 in. | 73.3 x 56.6 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, extensive scraping and burnishing, scorped-out white areas, drypoint, several large open-bite areas, varnish resist.
One plate: one copper plate, printed in black.
Aitana (1948)
Edition: 35
26.75 x 11.83 in. | 67.9 x 30.1 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, aquatint, grease ground, electric stippler, drypoint touches.
Five plates: one copper master plate, four zinc color plates.
Near East (Pieta) (1948)
Edition: 35
19.18 x 23.87 in. | 48.1 x 60.7 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, aquatint, grease ground, electric stippler, deep open-bite areas, burnishing and scraping.
Seven plates: one copper master plate printed in black, six zinc color plates.
Self-Portrait (1949)
Edition: 25
13.0 x 9.87 in. | 33.1 x 25.1 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate.