Marie Filippovová, The Snail, Original Etching Signed, Title, Numbered 18/25, Dated 1971

Original engraving by the hand of the Czech artist Marie Filippovová with a sober and tight palette, playing on the intensity of blacks and grays in the straight line of Soulages and Hartung without however renouncing a more organic pictorial syntax in the choice of its subjects and recomposed forms. Here, the snail - the snail - lends its roundness to this print which then takes on a full architectural dimension. Medieval spiral staircase, mysterious and patient entry into another Lewis-Carrolian dimension, the spectator is invited to penetrate the artistic truth of this ordeal through a master staircase. Short edition of 25 copies. Beautiful inking.
Print size: 52 x 42 cm (tank: 31 x 31 cm)