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Artist |
Haass, Terry |
Object Name |
Engraving |
Title |
Meteors |
Date |
ca. 1960s |
Medium |
Engraving |
Edition |
7/45 |
Dimensions |
22 1/4 x 30 1/16 in. (56.5 x 76.4 cm) (paper) 16 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (41.9 x 62.2 cm) (image) |
Accession Number |
5562.0.0 |
Credit line |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Lewis |
About This Work |
Born Terezie Goldmannová in Ceský Tešín, Czechoslovakia, in 1923, in her early life Terry Haass and her family fled from Nazi persecution. First, they relocated to Paris in 1938 where Haass enrolled for a brief period at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière to study fashion and design. When the city fell to German troops in 1941, they escaped to New York. Soon after arriving, Haass married another refugee, Walter Haass. They divorced in the early 1950s. Beginning in 1944, Haass studied under Will Barnet (1911-2012) and Harry Sternberg (1904-2001) at the Art Students League, and, by 1947, had joined Atelier 17, the influential printmaking workshop in New York. She served briefly as its co-director in 1951. Haass's innovative printmaking techniques, which included soldering wire to plates and then removing pieces to create dramatic, sculptural etchings, earned her acclaim. Meteors (1970) exemplifies this type of forceful mark-making. The vibrant orange ground is traversed by linear black trails, which appear to map out possible trajectories of objects traveling through space. This celestial subject matter reflects Haass's burgeoning interest in Albert Einstein's theories of the space-time continuum beginning in 1970, as noted by art historian, Christina Weyl. Unlisted: Underappreciated Women Artists from the Permanent Collection, May 28-October 2, 2022, exhibition label. |
Search Terms |
Associated American Artists (AAA) |
Legal Status |
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