About The Work
This woodcut is one of a series with the same or similar motif. As is often the case with Eisenman she will take a figure, trope, or type and work on it in variation or permutations over several works.
Eisenman has proven quite adept at printmaking, in particular, woodcuts through the years. A technique she's returned to a number of times.
Her first major exploration of printmaking was in 2011 when she decided not to paint but only explore printmaking. This continued into 2012. The series of prints deepened the formal influences of expressionism, and art historical allusions for which she is often praised.
Friends are a common touchstone in Nicole's work, with her circle of friends regularly appearing in paintings and drawings. As she has said, "The work is nothing if not feeling-based.”
The story of this print is quite simple, a friend of hers, Tiffany, was returning home from Iran. Eisenman chose to imagine her friend returning by riding a donkey through the Alborz mountain range in northern Iran.
This print was produced for ICA's annual benefit in 2015.
About Nicole Eisenman
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Woodcut on Rives BFK
30.00 x 22.00 in
76.2 x 55.9 cm
This work is signed and dated on recto.
About The Work
This woodcut is one of a series with the same or similar motif. As is often the case with Eisenman she will take a figure, trope, or type and work on it in variation or permutations over several works.
Eisenman has proven quite adept at printmaking, in particular, woodcuts through the years. A technique she's returned to a number of times.
Her first major exploration of printmaking was in 2011 when she decided not to paint but only explore printmaking. This continued into 2012. The series of prints deepened the formal influences of expressionism, and art historical allusions for which she is often praised.
Friends are a common touchstone in Nicole's work, with her circle of friends regularly appearing in paintings and drawings. As she has said, "The work is nothing if not feeling-based.”
The story of this print is quite simple, a friend of hers, Tiffany, was returning home from Iran. Eisenman chose to imagine her friend returning by riding a donkey through the Alborz mountain range in northern Iran.
This print was produced for ICA's annual benefit in 2015.
About Nicole Eisenman
From The Magazine
- News & Events: Acquire These 8 Artworks by Whitney Biennial Artists
- Art 101: "What I'd Buy This June": Artspace's Advisor Hannah Parker Shares the Artworks in Her Cart
- Art 101: DIY MFA: 8 Places in NYC to Learn About Art for Free (or Almost Free)
- Interviews & Features: From Kisses to Cool Remove: MoMA Curator Laura Hoptman on the Recent Revolution of Painting in New York
- News & Events: Special Report: Inside Anderson Cooper's Art Obsession, From Baby Muse to Budding Medici
Printed in collaboration with Marina Ancona, 10 Grand Press. Courtesy of the artist. Deckled.
- Plate size: 24 x 19 3/4 inches.
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