Tranformations, Étanche (Waterproof)

Basic Information

Title: Tranformations, Étanche (Waterproof)
Artist(s): Vera Molnar
Date Created: 2010
Edition Info: 2 identical copies exist in the collection
Unframed Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 in.
Medium: laser print on paper
Inventory ID: Molnar-2010-01 (1,2)

Description

a selection of 10 laser prints from a series of 21 original plotter drawings by the same title created in 1976, with a title page, colophon page, and an end piece page

each image is housed in a plastic laminate sleeve and bound by 2 large metal rings
“Étanche” (Waterproof) is printed on a red sticker on the end piece page
signed in ink on the reverse of the final laser print
artist’s name, title, date, edition size, and publisher information is printed on the reverse of the end piece page
the paper is glossy coated laser print
published in 2010 by Centre National Edition Art Image, Paris

“From a pattern of concentric squares repeated on the surface of a white page bordered by a margin, the artist applies a progressive deformation leading to the appearance of a very dynamic screened surface coming out of the frame of margin; The artist replays here a piece from 1976.”
– Centre National Edition Art Image

The original 1976 Transformation 21 image plotter drawings can be found in the collection of the Tate:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/molnar-transformations-1-21-t15545