Chromo-Interference (Cromo Interferencia) from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas)

Carlos Cruz-DiezWW-1973-M058993

1973·Screenprint from a portfolio of 11 screenprints (one with embossing), seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with embossing), six lithographs (one with etching), five linoleum cuts (one with embossing), one engraving, and one intaglio with embossing·composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 16 3/4" (43 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/16" (76 × 56.1 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1973
Medium: Screenprint from a portfolio of 11 screenprints (one with embossing), seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with embossing), six lithographs (one with etching), five linoleum cuts (one with embossing), one engraving, and one intaglio with embossing
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 16 3/4" (43 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/16" (76 × 56.1 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Carlos Cruz-Diez

Artist

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Mixed Media

Carlos Cruz-Diez was a Venezuelan artist and pioneering theorist of color and optical perception who worked primarily in painting, installation, and public art from the 1950s onward. His practice centered on chromatic vibration and the physical instability of color relationships, creating works in which hue, value, and saturation shift as the viewer moves through space. He developed systematic approaches to color modulation that bridged geometric abstraction and perceptual phenomenology, extending his investigations into large-scale urban and architectural interventions. His work established color as a dynamic material force rather than a descriptive element.

Caracas, Venezuela

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