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Eldzier Cortor: Etching and Aquatint

Cortor, Eldzier_Dual Forms No. III_2014_

Eldzier Cortor: Etching and Aquatint

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(Selection by Morghan Williams)

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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.

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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”

Cortor, Eldzier_L Abbatoire VI_Etching_4
Cortor, Eldzier_Trilogy No.II_2013_etchi

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”

Cortor, Eldzier_Trilogy #2Verso_2013_etc
Cortor, Eldzier_Torso_no date_etching_30

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”

Cortor, Eldzier_Dual Forms No.II_2014_et
Cortor, Eldzier_Trilogy No. III_2014_etc

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”

Cortor, Eldzier_Figure Composition I_201
Cortor, Eldzier_Dual Forms No. III_2014_

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”

Cortor, Eldzier__Lady with Foliage__2014
Cortor, Eldzier_Dance Figure No. I_2014_

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”

Cortor, Eldzier_Dance Figure No. II_2014
Cortor, Eldzier_Sepia Odalisque III_2014

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”

Cortor, Eldzier_Sepia Odalisque I_no dat
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