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Fifty Etchings XX, 12
, English, b.1951
Title
Fifty Etchings XX, 12
Date2005
MediumEtching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 42.7 x 36.8 cm
Plate: 16.2 x 15.3 cm
Signedlower right (in pencil): Le Brun
Credit LinePresented, Brian Lalor Print Collection, 2014
Object numberNGI.2014.93
DescriptionThis mysterious image of a rider returning from a wind-tossed forest forms part of Le Brun’s 2005 ‘Fifty Etchings’ series. The literary sources that inspired these delicately worked prints include Bunyan’s 'Pilgrim’s Progress' and Dante’s 'Inferno'. The universal journeying figure can be seen as a metaphor for metaphysical journeys taken in search of meaning and beauty. In his work Le Brun explores the wide variety of mark-making possible through etching techniques.
Inscriptionlower left (in pencil): XIX/XX