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Pyramid in Black & White Number Six

Print
1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Kerlow uses the techniques of etchings, silk screens, and paintings based on elements created with 3D computer software and imagery painted by hand. He also refined techniques for transferring high-resolution 3D computer images onto traditional printmaking media, in particular extremely fine aquatint photo-etching techniques and computer-controlled engraving.

He continues to combine 3D computer-generated images with hand-drawn and hand-painted elements, and in the early 1990s, started to use digital printers to edition his work.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePyramid in Black & White Number Six (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Computer generated etching on paper
Brief description
Etching, computer generated, 'Pyramid in Black and White Number Six', by Isaac Victor Kerlow, United States, 1990.
Physical description
Computer generated etching in black and white. Print is numbered, titled, dated and signed in pencil.
Dimensions
  • Length: 50.5cm
  • Width: 40.7cm
Copy number
12 of 30
Marks and inscriptions
'12/30 PYRAMID IN BLACK AND WHITE NUMBER SIX FOR PATRIC PRINCE, 1991 Kerlow' (Inscribed at bottom of print.)
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince
Historical context
Kerlow uses the techniques of etchings, silkscreens, and paintings based on elements created with 3D computer software and imagery painted by hand. He also refined techniques for transferring high-resolution 3D computer images onto traditional printmaking media, in particular extremely fine aquatint photo-etching techniques and computer-controlled engraving.

He continues to combine 3D computer-generated images with hand-drawn and hand-painted elements, and in the early 1990s, started to use digital printers to edition his work.
Summary
Kerlow uses the techniques of etchings, silk screens, and paintings based on elements created with 3D computer software and imagery painted by hand. He also refined techniques for transferring high-resolution 3D computer images onto traditional printmaking media, in particular extremely fine aquatint photo-etching techniques and computer-controlled engraving.

He continues to combine 3D computer-generated images with hand-drawn and hand-painted elements, and in the early 1990s, started to use digital printers to edition his work.
Collection
Accession number
E.1041-2008

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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