In-text plate (folio 22) from 21 Etchings and Poems

Karl SchragWW-1956-M008911

1956·Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure·plate: 13 7/8 × 11 3/4" (35.2 × 29.9 cm); page: 7 7/8 × 16 7/8" (20 × 42.8 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1956
Medium: Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure
Dimensions: plate: 13 7/8 × 11 3/4" (35.2 × 29.9 cm); page: 7 7/8 × 16 7/8" (20 × 42.8 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Karl Schrag

Artist

Karl Schrag

Printmaking

Karl Schrag was an American printmaker and painter whose work emerged from postwar abstraction and gestural mark-making. Working primarily in lithography and etching, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of energetic, layered lines and forms that occupied the space between figuration and abstraction. His prints and paintings demonstrated a commitment to the expressive potential of the printing matrix itself, treating each work as an investigation of material and process rather than reproductive technique.

Karlsruhe, Germany

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