Dye Transfer Study

Dye Transfer Study  is an original artwork realized by Robert Graham in 1970. It is a silver print photographic contact sheet, handcolored with pink acrylic paint. Hand signed, numbered and dated on back in pencil. Edition of 75 prints. Very good conditions. 

It is an interesting artwork realized by Robert Graham in 1970's. It represents a female nude in an interior space with a mirror on her back. The artist experiments the colors through the transfer on a photo. On the left side, there is a white shape near the woman. 

Robert Graham (1938 - 2008) was a Mexican sculptor, best known for his large-scale public works and female nudes. His many sculptures of women were specific and personal, each one documenting a particular woman in a particular pose. Born on August 19, 193,8 in Mexico City, Mexico, he studied art first at San Jose State College and then at the San Francisco Art Institute.His work is included in the collections of several museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.