Eldzier Cortor: Etching and Aquatint
Eldzier Cortor: Etching and Aquatint
(Selection by Morghan Williams)
Eldzier Cortor (January 10 1916 - November 26 2015) was an African American artist and printmaker who was influenced by both African art and European surrealism. In addition to the surreal and abstract elements that are present in his paintings and prints, Cortor is also known for his depictions of Black figures and for featuring Black women as central subjects in his work.
Kathy collaborated with Cortor in the last years of his life in her studio where she printed 16 of the plates he had made at The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.
Eldzier Cortor
L Abbatoire VI
Etching with Relief
2014
I: 35” x 23.5”
P: 44” x 30”
Eldzier Cortor
Trilogy No.II
Aquatint
2014
I: 20.5” x 14.5”
P: 30” x 22.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Trilogy No.II (Verso)
Aquatint
2014
I: 20.5” x 14.5”
P: 30” x 22.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Torso
Aquatint
2014
I: 20” x 14.75”
P: 30” x 22.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Dual Forms No.II
Aquatint
2014
I: 19.75” x 15.75”
P: 30” x 22.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Trilogy No. III
Aquatint
2014
I: 15.75” x 20”
P: 22” x 30”
Eldzier Cortor
Figure Composition I
Aquatint
2014
I: 15.5” x 19.75”
P: 22” x 30”
Eldzier Cortor
Dual Forms No. III
Viscosity Etching
2014
I: 15.75” x 19.75”
P: 22.25” x 30”
Eldzier Cortor
Lady with Foliage
Mezzotint with Cutouts
2014
I: 9.25” x 10.25”
P: 15” x 11.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Dance Figure No. I
Mezzotint with Cutouts
2014
I: 10.25” x 5.75”
P: 15” x 11”
Eldzier Cortor
Dance Figure No. II
Mezzotint with Cutouts
2014
I: 10” x 7”
P: 15” x 11.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Sepia Odalique III
Etching and Aquatint
2014
I: 19” x 13.75”
P: 30” x 22.25”
Eldzier Cortor
Sepia Odalique I
Etching and Aquatint
2014
I: 19.75” x 13.75”
P: 27.5” x 19.5”
