1950-1959
Self-Portrait (In Frame) (1950)
Edition: 50
Color plates:
21.06 x 19.0 in. | 53.4 x 48.4 cm.
Master plate:
15.25 x 16.82 in. | 38.8 x 42.8 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
Three plates: one copper plate printed twice, first in yellow ochre, second in black; two zinc color plates.
Bodas de Sangre (1951)
Edition: 50
20.62 x 28.67 in. | 51.7 x 73.0 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, gouged-out white areas, aquatint, soft ground, resists, lift ground, electric stippler, grease ground, extensive scraping and burnishing.
Nine plates: one copper master plate, eight zinc color plates. Inspired by Garcia Lorca.
Firebird (1952-1953)
Edition: 50
21.37 x 33.93 in. | 54.1 x 86.2 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate.
Boy (1954)
Edition: 50
24.0 x 13.37 in. | 50.9 x 33.9 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, aquatint, soft ground, grease ground (could be water ground), open-bite areas, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
Four plates: one copper master plate, three zinc color plates.
Sagittarius (1955)
Edition: 50
21.37 x 35.37 in. | 52.4 x 89.8 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, lift ground or aquatinted stopped-out areas, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate, slightly shaped on three sides.
The Vision (1956)
Edition: 50
23.83 x 21.67 in. | 60.4 x 55.0 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate printed twice, first in yellow ochre, second in black.
España (1956)
Edition: 50
31.87 x 20.62 in. | 80.9 x 52.7 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate printed twice, first in yellow ochre, second in black.
Self Portrait (1957)
Edition: 50
35.75 x 20.62 in. | 91.0 x 52.4 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one magnesium plate printed twice, first in yellow ochre, second in black.
Father and Son (1958)
Edition: 50
35.83 x 20.93 in. | 91.0 x 53.1 cm.
Intaglio: engraving (plus multi-burin, scraping, electric stippler.
One plate: one magnesium plate printed twice, first in yellow ochre, second in black.
Nacimiento en Cardiel (1958)
Edition: 50
21.18 x 32.25 in. | 53.9 x 81.9 cm.
Intaglio: etching, drypoint, soft ground, aquatint, electric stippler, shallow surface bite, scraping and burnishing.
One plate: one copper plate printed twice, first in yellow ochre, second in black.
My Son Leonardo (1959)
Edition: 50 (first state)
25.37 x 16.62 in. | 64.5 x 41.6 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, aquatint, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
Four plates: two copper plates, two zinc color plates.
Self-Portrait (1959)
Edition: 50
66.87 x 20.56 in. | 169.9 x 52.3 cm.
Intaglio: etching, soft ground, aquatint, open-bite, water ground, electric stippler.
Three plates: two master plates, one zinc color plate.
My Daughter Maria Jimena (1959)
Edition: 50
58.83 x 20.62 in. | 174.7 x 52.2 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, soft ground, aquatint, electric stippler.
Five plates: three copper master plates, two zinc alloy color plates.
My Wife and Thomas (1959)
Edition: 50
74.62 x 20.0 in. | 188.8 x 50.8 cm.
Intaglio: engraving, etching, water ground, aquatint, grease ground, soft ground, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing.
Nine plates: four copper master plates, five zinc alloy color plate.