Composição mista
Os amigos da gravura

Artist name

Anna Letycia

Artist year born

1929

Artwork make date

1992

Artwork title translation

Mixed Composition

Artwork material

dry point
paper

Artwork dimensions

height: 22cm
width: 32cm

Artwork type (categories)

Print

Accession method

Donated by Museus Castro Maya 1995

Accession number

91-1995

Label text

Composição mista includes two snail shells alongside less obvious gestural forms. The shell implies the opposition of inside and outside, mirrored by the stark contrasts between dark and light, although the mid-tones created by the aquatint process suggest something in between these two poles. The snail shell has been recurrent motif in Anna Letycia’s works since the 1950s when she studied under Oswaldo Goeldi and Iberê Camargo. In 1959 Letycia attended Ateliê de Gravura at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Rio de Janeiro (MAM/RJ) directed by Edith Behring, and taught there after Rossini Perez’s departure in 1961. In the same year she also taught in Chile and Ecuador.
Ian Dudley

Last updated date

2011