Boîte et entonnoirs
Jean-Baptiste Sécheret
1986
Original etching and aquatint on copper in black
17,8 x 23,9 cm
Numbered in pencil lower left on 30, titled in pencil lower center, signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower right
Reference catalog: Plumart G 21
This black-and-white composition is hyper-realistic despite the absence of color and the visibility of certain features. Jean-Baptiste Sécheret has succeeded in retranscribing the lustrous material of the metal, which becomes reflective in the slightest ray of light. With shades of black that are lighter or darker and strokes that are finer or finer, he allows the viewer to discern the various elements of the composition: mirror, box, table and reflection.
