Structure I is a color viscosity intaglio created by Belgian artist Jacqueline Levy-Morelle from a carborudum plate in 1964. This intaglio is pencil signed, titled, dated, and editioned E/A (Epreuve d'artiste). This proof is outside of the edition of twenty. Structure I was printed by the artist on cream BFK Rives wove paper and the platemark measures 12-7/16 by 14-5/8 inches.
Structure I looks like a honeycomb with its hexagonal shapes. Hexagonal patterns are among the most captivating and functional designs in nature. According to Nautilus Science, hexagons appear throughout nature because they offer the most efficient packing structure, minimizing perimeter wall length while maximizing area and structural strength. Other examples of hexagons in nature are basalt columns, snowflakes, eyes of dragonflies and other insects, coral reefs, and turtle shells. Hexagonal patterns have inspired mankind and by studying and mimicking these patterns, humans can innovate in fields like engineering, architecture, and sustainability.
Jacqueline Lévy-Morelle was a prominent Belgian-born modernist painter, draughtsman, and printmaker who born to Marguerite and Jacques Lévy-Morelle on 19 June 1921 in Brussels. Lévy-Morelle was a student of André Lhote and Fernand Léger and, in 1948, she began to paint. She explored printmaking in 1952 and mounted her first solo exhibition in 1953 in Brussels. She also participated in exhibitions in Brussels, Anvers, and Paris. Lévy-Morelle was awarded the Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge in 1953 and exhibited at the Salon Quatriennal de Belgique in Liège. She was one of the few female artists in the history of Belgian abstraction.
Lévy-Morelle joined Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 after the workshop re-opened in Paris in 1955 and she eventually had her own studio in Paris. Her work was exhibited at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, in 1965 and 1966; and the Salon d'Autome, Paris, in 1967, 1970 and 1971. She was included in the XIX Salón de grabado at the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáeno in Madrid, Spain, in 1970. She also exhibited in Greece and the United Kingdom.
The work of Jacqueline Lévy-Morelle is represented in the collections of the Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, Brussels; the Cabinet des Estampes de Bruxelles; the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; and the Portland Art Museum, Oregon.
Jacqueline Lévy-Morelle died in Paris, France in 1986.
