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Charline von Heyl
German, born 1960
2023
A lithograph and aquatint on paper in which Charline von Heyl translates painterly, gestural energy into crisp, calligraphic black shapes that seem to dance across the white field.
A clustered choreography of bold, cutout-like black forms—curving hooks, pointed wedges, and ribboning arcs—hovers against a wide white field, their rhythm quietly anchored by a small red stamped seal in the lower corner.
By channeling the immediacy of abstract painting into the precise processes of lithography and aquatint, the work expands modernist calligraphic abstraction into contemporary printmaking, showing how prints can hold both spontaneous gesture and graphic discipline.
Medium
Lithograph and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 17 15/16 × 13 7/8" (45.5 × 35.2 cm); sheet: 24 5/8 × 19 7/8" (62.5 × 50.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Accession
99.2024
Palette
Exhibitions
