Artworks · Gabor Peterdi

Red Eclipse II

1969 · Color relief etching on zinc on white wove paper

Image/plate: 25.7 × 18.2 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 31 × 23.5 cm (12 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arctic Bird I

1964 · Etching, engraving, aquatint in six colors on cream wove paper

Image/ plate: 57.5 × 90.7 cm (22 11/16 × 35 3/4 in.); Sheet: 63.1 × 97.7 cm (24 7/8 × 38 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Desert I

1961 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving

plate: 19 13/16 x 23 15/16" (50.3 x 60.8 cm); sheet: 21 13/16 x 26 1/16" (55.4 x 66.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Triumph of Weed

1959 · Etching and engraving in green on white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.4 × 59.1 cm (17 7/8 × 23 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 67 cm (19 15/16 × 26 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Burning Rocks

1959 · Relief and soft ground etching in light and dark red on cream wove paper

Image/ plate: 58.1 × 83.7 cm (22 7/8 × 33 in.); Sheet: 64.3 × 89.5 cm (25 3/8 × 35 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vertical Rock

1959 · Etching, engraving, aquatint on cream wove paper

Image/ plate: 58.1 × 83 cm (22 7/8 × 32 11/16 in.); Sheet: 63.3 × 89.1 cm (24 15/16 × 35 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triumph of Weed

1959 · Etching

plate: 17 13/16 × 23 7/8" (45.3 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 × 26 7/8" (53.1 × 68.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Glowing Tree

1958 · Color etching, engraving and lift ground aquatint on white wove paper

Image/plate: 50.3 × 60.4 cm (19 13/16 × 23 13/16 in.); Sheet: 57.4 × 66.7 cm (22 5/8 × 26 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Winter I

1957 · Etching and engraving in green on heavy white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.3 × 60.5 cm (17 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.); Sheet: 52.9 × 67 cm (20 7/8 × 26 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Winter II

1957 · Etching and engraving in green on white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.2 × 60.5 cm (17 13/16 × 23 7/8 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 66.7 cm (20 13/16 × 26 5/16 in.)

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Title page, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Letterpress in black on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 38.8 × 28.8 cm (15 5/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

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Colophon, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper

Sheet: 38.7 × 29 cm (15 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)

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Beach (Low Tide), from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching and engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 12.4 × 23 cm (4 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 12.5 × 23.5 cm (4 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 38.8 cm (11 7/16 × 15 5/16 in.)

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Iris, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Engraving in brown on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.6 × 11.7 cm (6 9/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 12.5 cm (6 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 29 cm (15 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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Driftwood, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching and aquatint in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.5 × 24.3 cm (7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 20.1 × 24.8 cm (7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 39 cm (11 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Of Earth and Water

1955 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 22.4 × 29.3 cm (8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in.); Plate: 22.6 × 29.4 cm (8 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 39 cm (11 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.)

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Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching, engraving, and aquatint in blue on ivory wove paper

Image: 11.8 × 22.2 cm (4 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Plate: 12 × 22.6 cm (4 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28.9 × 38.7 cm (11 7/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

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Plants II, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching and engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.7 × 19.7 cm (9 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 25 × 20.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.1 × 28.8 cm (15 7/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wild Flowers, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.5 × 19.8 cm (9 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 20.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 29 cm (15 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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Swamp , from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching and engraving in green on ivory wove paper

Image: 29 × 21.9 cm (11 7/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Plate: 29.4 × 22.1 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 28.9 cm (15 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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Flower Bed (Garden), from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching in green-black on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.8 × 13.3 cm (11 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 29.7 × 13.8 cm (11 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 29 cm (15 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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The Wave, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching and engraving in blue on ivory wove paper

Image: 11.8 × 29.3 cm (4 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Plate: 12.3 × 29.4 cm (4 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 28.6 × 39.3 cm (11 5/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

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Plants I, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Etching and engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 22 × 9.7 cm (8 11/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 22.2 × 10 cm (8 3/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 28.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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Cascade (Waterfall), from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Lift-ground etching, engraving, and aquatint in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 26.7 × 9.9 cm (10 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 27.1 × 10.3 cm (10 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 38.6 × 29.1 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

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Portfolio cover, from Of Earth and Water

1955 · Black cloth-covered box with green and black paper label

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Wounded Darkness

1954 · Etching, engraving, aquatint with four stenciled colors on white wove paper

Image/ plate: 45.4 × 60.6 cm (17 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 72.8 cm (21 15/16 × 28 11/16 in.)

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Apocalypse

1952 · Engraving on cream wove paper

Image/ plate: 58.5 × 89.5 cm (23 1/16 × 35 1/4 in.); Sheet: 64.2 × 94.2 cm (25 5/16 × 37 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spawning III from Portfolio of Five Prints

1952 · Etching and engraving with stencil additions from a portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)

plate: 14 × 16 3/4" (35.5 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 × 21 3/4" (39.9 × 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spawning

1952 · Etching and engraving

plate: 12 3/16 × 16 7/8" (31 × 42.9 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 1/16" (40.3 × 50.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Germination I

1951 · Aquatint, etching, and engraving

plate: 19 3/4 × 23 7/8" (50.2 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 27 1/2" (56.7 × 69.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Studio

1950 · Color etching, engraving and aquaint on ivory wove paper

Plate: 50.3 × 60.8 cm (19 13/16 × 23 15/16 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 65.8 cm (22 × 25 15/16 in.)

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Adam and Eve

1947 · Etching in green black on tan wove paper

Plate: 50.4 × 39.7 cm (19 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 55.5 cm (27 × 21 7/8 in.)

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The Sign of the Lobster

1947 · Engraving, etching, and aquatint

plate: 19 3/4 × 14 13/16" (50.1 × 37.6 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 20 1/16" (66.2 × 51 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Triumph of the Beast

1947 · Etching

plate: 17 13/16 × 14 3/4" (45.2 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 20 1/16" (66.2 × 50.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Despair I

1938 · Etching and engraving

plate: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4" (26.6 × 19.7 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 3/8" (44.8 × 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Despair III

1938 · Etching and engraving

plate: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4" (31.5 × 24.8 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 × 13 3/8" (45.2 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rhinoceros

1934 · Etching

plate: 8 9/16 × 11 9/16" (21.8 × 29.4 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 15/16" (34.2 × 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wild Boar

1934 · Etching

plate: 10 x 6 7/8" (25.4 x 17.5cm); sheet: 16 7/16 x 12 1/8" (41.7 x 30.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art