Kyu-Baik Hwang "Cage" Hand Signed Fine Art Mezzotint Etching Unframed, Korea, 1983

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Original limited edition mezzotint etching by Korean artist Kyu-Baik Hwang. Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in … more Original limited edition mezzotint etching by Korean artist Kyu-Baik Hwang. Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil. Paper Size: 26" x 19-3/4". Image Size: 13-1/2" x 11-3/4". Edition Number: 83/100. Condition of the Artwork is Excellent/Near Mint. Once framed, but the only evidence of this is the hinges on the back top edge. 100 percent guarantee of authenticity. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Make an offer!

Artist bio:

Hwang was born in Pusan, Korea in 1932. In 1968 he traveled throughout Europe, stopping in Paris where he studied intaglio printmaking with S.W. Hayter at his workshop, Atelier 17.

In Hwang's fascinating mezzotints, familiar objects -- a flower, a stone, perhaps a bird -- achieve a mystical personality that sets them apart from their everyday connotations. Though not precisely surrealistic, Hwang's beautiful images, taken out of context and isolated, are at once superbly executed.

Hwang has been honored with more than 50 one-man and group shows in recent years. He has received awards at all the prestigious print invitationals and his prints are in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Musee d'Art Moderne (Paris), British Museum (London), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Albertina (Vienna), Uffizi (Florence), Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). less