1935, Budapest, Hungary – 2020
Balcony (I), 1964
Photographic engraving, etching on paper, 65 x 49,5 cm
Edition: a.p., inscription b.l. Artists proof; b.m. ‘Le Balcon’; b.r. Agatha Sorel 1964
Acquisition: Gift
Reference: 00870
The cycle of 11 graphics (album) in aquatint and copperplate technique by Agatha Sorel actually represents very free illustrations, i.e. more variations on themes from the play Balcony by Jean Gennet (Jean Gennet, 1960). In these graphic sheets, through more abstract-associative fragments with the language of symbolism and surrealist undertones, he transports us to the social milieu of Mme Irma’s French brothel.
Ljubica Damjanovska
Biography
Agatha Sorel is a London-based artist of Hungarian descent, specializing in painting, sculpture, printmaking and livres d’artiste. She is a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, as well as a founding member of the Printmakers Council and was its Chairman in 1981-1983. She was one of the first artists who experimented with making objects and sculptures using print techniques.
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