Ohrození I (Distress I)

Alena Laufrová

Associated Names
Alena Laufrová

Artist, Czech, born 1952

The image shows a central oval shape surrounded and intersected by various lines, some curved and some straight. An abstract texture resembling cloth or gauze overlays part of the oval shape horizontally. The elements create an abstract composition where the oval could be perceived as a mask, while the lines appear to be cracks or strings pulling at its surface. The composition is enclosed within a softly colored rectangular frame.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color softground etching, drypoint, and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gerald Cerny

  • Dimensions

    plate: 51.1 x 41.5 cm (20 1/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 70.2 x 50 cm (27 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.166.129

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gerald Cerny, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Alena Laufrová; lower left: 5/50 Ohrozeuí I; verso lower center by later hand: A05l86; lower right: 28

Wikidata ID

Q76335437

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