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Artist

Minna Wright Citron (Primary)

Title

Squid Under Pier

Date

1948

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Color etching, soft-ground, and engraving on paper

Edition

42/50

Dimensions

Sheet: 17 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. , Image: 15 x 17 7/8 in.

Style

Abstraction

Object Type

Prints

Credit Line

2010 Collectors' Circle purchase

Accession Number

2011.01.01.60

Copyright

In Copyright
© Estate of Minna Citron / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Citron created this print while attending classes at the Atelier 17 printmaking studio in New York City. A far departure from the Realist style she utilized during the 1930s, Squid Under Pier has the look of many Atelier 17 creations, with swirling incised lines combined with textural tones in an abstract pattern that suggests biological forms. One of her best-known prints, Citron described it thus: “The component in Squid Under Pier, which, some time after completion of the print, came to be called ‘squid,’ is a threatening entanglement of tortuous, menacing lines…with exciting variety in third dimensionality…. Contrasting with this disturbing agitation are the quiet interpenetrating, transparent planes of the neutral-colored ‘pier’ and the fluid open areas of light-blue ‘sea’ and ‘sky.’”

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Cindy Buckner

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