%C2%A9 Paula Rego
Straw Burning, from "Pendle Witches", 1996
Etching and aquatintexpand_more
Gift of funds from the Print and Drawing Curatorial Councilexpand_more 2007.73
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Paula Rego, born in Portugal, has been described as “heiress to Goya’s Iberian darkness.” She is a master of aquatint, exploiting the medium to its most eerie and provocative ends. In this visionary image, Straw Burning, a dazed bride wanders through a hellish sea of frightening forms—menacing goat, screaming sunflower, aquiline demon, overgrown grasshoppers, sinister mice. The gradations of aquatint tone in the background set this netherworld aflame. The print comes from Rego’s "Pendle Witches" series, accompanied by poems by the British poet Blake Morrison.
Details
- Title
- Straw Burning, from "Pendle Witches"
- Artist Life
- British (born Portugal), 1935 - 2022
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2007.73
- Provenance
- The artist; [Marlborough Graphics, New York]; sold to MIA, 2007.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Rosenthal 129
- Curator Approved
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