Lasansky, Mauricio (American, born Argentina, 1914-2012). NACIMIENTO EN CARDIEL. (Birth in Cardiel) Fern 97, Iowa 53, Zigrosser 92.
Etching, Drypoint, soft-ground, aquatint, electric stippler, shallow surface bite, scraping and burnishing, 1958. A single copper plate, printed twice, first in yellow ochre, then in black.
Edition of 50. 21 1/4 x 32 1/4, 539 x 819 mm. In excellent condition.
Cardiel de los Montes is a small town in Spain, not far from Toledo. Lasansky's wife was born there, and it is possible that this image is the artist's imagining of what the scene of her birth might have been.
