Artworks · Vera Berdich

Symbolic Silence

1963 · Color etching with soft ground, aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 40.5 × 58.3 cm (16 × 23 in.); Sheet: 47.5 × 63.8 cm (18 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Doors were Closed

1963 · Color photo-etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 40.5 × 47.9 cm (16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 51.9 × 59.5 cm (20 7/16 × 23 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 30.6 × 47.5 cm (12 1/16 × 18 3/4 in.); Sheet: 37.9 × 57.3 cm (14 15/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Doors were Closed

1962 · Copper plate

40.7 × 48.3 cm (16 1/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.3 × 47.6 cm (11 15/16 × 18 3/4 in.); Sheet: 46.7 × 63 cm (18 7/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.5 × 47.8 cm (12 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 59.1 cm (17 5/16 × 23 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.4 × 47.8 cm (12 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 59.3 cm (16 13/16 × 23 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.3 × 47.8 cm (11 15/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 46.3 × 66.2 cm (18 1/4 × 26 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.4 × 47.8 cm (12 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 57.8 cm (16 × 22 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, and drypoint, with scraping and burnishing, in blue-green on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.2 × 47.7 cm (11 15/16 × 18 13/16 in.); Sheet: 46.7 × 64 cm (18 7/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, and drypoint, with scraping and burnishing, in blue-black on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.4 × 47.4 cm (12 × 18 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 60.4 cm (17 1/2 × 23 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, and drypoint, with scraping and burnishing, in green-black on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 30.5 × 47.8 cm (12 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.8 × 63 cm (17 1/4 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.5 × 47.8 cm (12 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 63.7 cm (17 1/16 × 25 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, and drypoint, with scraping and burnishing, on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.6 × 47.8 cm (12 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 42.6 × 59.2 cm (16 13/16 × 23 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 30.6 × 47.4 cm (12 1/16 × 18 11/16 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 56 cm (14 1/2 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, and drypoint, with scraping and burnishing, in blue-black on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 30.6 × 47.5 cm (12 1/16 × 18 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 63.3 cm (17 1/16 × 24 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint and mezzotint on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 30.3 × 47.8 cm (11 15/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 64.7 cm (17 1/2 × 25 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, scraping, roulette, drypoint and burnishing in green-black on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 30.4 × 47.2 cm (12 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 63.3 cm (17 1/2 × 24 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Photo-etching, aquatint, mezzotint, scraping and burnishing in blue-black on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 30.6 × 47.7 cm (12 1/16 × 18 13/16 in.); Sheet: 42.2 × 60.2 cm (16 5/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Simulated Parody

1962 · Transfer collage, watercolor, and ink on paper

Image: 47 × 59 cm (18 9/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Sheet: 48.8 × 60.9 cm (19 1/4 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Caucus Race (Alice in Wonderland)

1962 · Color etching on Japanese paper

Image/print: 25.1 × 40.3 cm (9 15/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 47.2 cm (12 1/4 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pool of Tears

1962 · Color photo-etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.6 × 47.4 cm (12 1/16 × 18 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 64.3 cm (17 11/16 × 25 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

They Were All Closed

1962 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 15 15/16 x 19" (40.5 x 48.2cm); sheet: 18 15/16 x 22 5/8" (48.1 x 57.4cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Checkmate

1961 · Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint and drypoint, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 35.5 × 58.3 cm (14 × 23 in.); Sheet: 48.7 × 67 cm (19 3/16 × 26 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wax Image

1961 · Color etching, with aquatint, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 46.2 × 27.7 cm (18 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 40.3 cm (22 3/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Tempest

1959 · Color etching on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 40.4 × 57.8 cm (15 15/16 × 22 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 64 cm (17 13/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Masked Ball

1959 · Color etching and aquatint on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 25.5 × 52.5 cm (10 1/16 × 20 11/16 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 58.7 cm (15 15/16 × 23 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Birds, Sea and Sky

1959 · Color etching, with aquatint, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 58 × 40.5 cm (22 7/8 × 16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 46.8 cm (25 11/16 × 18 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Enigma

1957 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 60.7 × 43.3 cm (23 15/16 × 17 1/16 in.); Sheet: 70 × 53 cm (27 9/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eye of Argus

1957 · Color etching with aquatint on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 40.2 × 57.6 cm (15 7/8 × 22 11/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 65.5 cm (20 1/8 × 25 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beyond the Threshold

1957 · Color etching, with aquatint, mezzotint, and drypoint, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.3 × 30.2 cm (17 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 51.1 × 34.5 cm (20 1/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fabricated Mirror

1957 · Color etching and aquatint on white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.4 × 35.1 cm (17 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.3 × 44.3 cm (21 13/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eye of Argus

1957 · Color etching with aquatint on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 40.3 × 57.4 cm (15 7/8 × 22 5/8 in.); Sheet: 48.4 × 63.3 cm (19 1/16 × 24 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Villa D'Este

1955 · Color soft ground etching, with aquatint, on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.5 × 30.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 37.4 cm (22 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Classic Head

1955 · Color soft ground etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.2 × 30.3 cm (17 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 33.3 cm (20 × 13 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman and Bird

1955 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 32.9 × 30.4 cm (13 × 12 in.); Sheet: 48.3 × 37.6 cm (19 1/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nestlings

1954 · Color soft ground etching with aquatint, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 24.7 × 17.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 21.4 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragments

1954 · Copper plate

25.5 × 40.7 cm (10 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Behind the Age

1954 · Color etching and aquatint on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 46 × 35.4 cm (18 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 41.5 cm (21 15/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Butterflies

1954 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 25 × 18 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 23.5 cm (13 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Renaissance Composite

1953 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 35.7 × 65.2 cm (14 1/16 × 25 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 77.5 cm (17 15/16 × 30 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Renaissance Composite

1953 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 34.9 × 65.2 cm (13 3/4 × 25 11/16 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 75.4 cm (19 7/16 × 29 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ravine

1953 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 35.1 × 15.6 cm (13 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 22.2 cm (17 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marché Aux Puces

1952 · Color soft ground etching, with aquatint and line etching, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 24 × 18 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 41 × 26.5 cm (16 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Time Being Day by Day

1952 · Color soft ground etching with line etching on white wove paper

Plate: 85.9 × 35.4 cm (33 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 100.3 × 50.6 cm (39 1/2 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cactus Garden

1951 · Color etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 30.3 × 20.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 24.7 cm (13 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fachada

1951 · Color etching on white laid paper

Image/plate: 35.1 × 29.8 cm (13 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 42.4 × 37.9 cm (16 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Bell and The Muse

1950 · Color soft ground etching, with aquatint and line etching, on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 35 × 25 cm (13 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.8 × 29.8 cm (15 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago