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Letterio Calapai

Earthquake

1957

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Letterio Calapai

Earthquake

1957

Physical Qualities Diptych of etching, softground etching, open bite etching, and engraving; left plate printed in black (intaglio), blue-green gradient (screen, relief), red (relief), and yellow (wood offset, stencil, relief); right plate printed in black (intaglio), green (screen, relief), red-yellow gradient (screen, relief), Sheet (left): 562 x 432 mm. (22 1/8 x 17 in.) Plate (left): 505 x 404 mm. (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.) Sheet (right): 562 x 458 mm. (22 1/8 x 18 1/16 in.) Plate (right): 504 x 404 mm. (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2014.13a-b
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2014; Aaron Galleries, Glenview, IL
Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17
Karpaz, Nathan. Letterio Calapai: Cosmos, Spheres and Divinity (Illinois: Oakton College, Koehnline Museum of Art, 2025). Exhibition Catalog: Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, December 11, 2025-January 23, 2026. pp. 24.

Inscribed: left sheet, lower left in graphite: "Earthquake (Artist's proof)"; right sheet, lower right in graphite: "Letterio Calapai"

Artist

Letterio Calapai

1901–1992

American, 1902-1993
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