Mysterious Echo

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Mysterious Echo
Mysterious Echo
Artist/Maker (Korean, 1919 – 1997)
Date1961
MediumColor linoleum cut
DimensionsComposition: 14 7/8 × 12 1/4 in. (37.8 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 22 in. × 18 1/4 in. (55.9 × 46.4 cm) Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.206
Not on view
DescriptionPrimarily known as a painter, Lee Hang-Sung became interested in printmaking in the late 1940s or early 1950s. He experimented with a diverse range of printing techniques, including woodcutting, engraving, and silkscreen printing, and became increasingly associated with the advancement of the artform and the development of printmaking as a genre of Korean art. In 1958 he cofounded the Korean Graphic Arts Society in Seoul, and later served as president of the organization, paving the way for many Korean printmakers whose work would come to international attention in subsequent decades. In 1975 he left Korea for Paris, where he continued to work. Mysterious Echo exhibits the artist’s celebrated abstract calligraphic style.

Additional Details

Signature Recto, lower right (pencil): "Lee Hang Sung [illegible] 61"
Inscribed Recto, lower left (pencil): "24/100 Mysterious Echo [Korean character]"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "May 62 Lee [underlined] Hang-Sung"
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