Eduardo Chillida

EDUARDO CHILLIDA (San Sebastian, 1924 - 2002).
"Tribute to Eusebio Sempere". 1988.
Aquatint engraving, copy 21/50.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 32 x 26.5 cm (print); 59 x 94 cm (paper); 69 x 99 cm (frame).

This graphic work by Eduardo Chillida, made in 1988, is part of his mature production, in which the artist deepens in his characteristic abstract language. Dedicated to Eusebio Sempere, a key figure in contemporary Spanish art, the piece acquires a character of homage that transcends the formal to situate itself also in the field of recognition among artists.

Eduardo Chillida was one of the most important Spanish sculptors of the 20th century and a key figure in international abstract sculpture. Throughout his life, he received numerous awards, including the Carnegie Award, the Rembrandt Award, the Wolf Foundation of the Arts Award and the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. He was an academician of San Fernando, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary of the Royal Academy of Arts of London and of the Imperial Order of Japan.

In addition to his Chillida-Leku Museum in Hernani, he is represented in museums and collections around the world, such as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the MOMA in New York, the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Tate Gallery in London or the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.