Aundi III. 1970.
Etching.
Signed, numbered, and with the artist's signet. One of 17 copies, alongside a few trial proofs. On wove paper. 93 x 103 cm (36.6 x 40.5 in). Sheet: 120 x 159 cm (47,2 x 62,5 in).
Printed by Arte, Paris. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris. [AR].

• Wonderful large-format print with a characteristic relief-like structure.
• The title “Aundi” is Basque, unmistakably related to the work, and translates as “big.”
• The play with abstract forms, the reduction to black, and the special materiality are what make Chillida's works on paper so appealing.
• His prints are in numerous international museum collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the Museum Folkwang, Essen.

PROVENANCE: Maeght Éditeur, Paris.
Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris.
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main (acquired from the above in 1983).
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard, Hesse.
Since then in family ownership.

LITERATURE: Dorothea and Martin van der Koelen, Eduardo Chillida. Opus Prints. Catálogo completo de la obra gráfica. Opus P. I: 1959-1972, Mainz 1999, catalogue raisonné no. 70012, (illustrated, different copy).