Figura I (Figure I)

"The Vortices and Figures print series were developed in the early 1970s and introduce this duality between purely geometric forms, deriving from the spools, and organic human-shaped forms. Both display the same formal characteristics: vertical hieratic construction with a segmentation that, without exception, indicates organisation similar to the human body. If they are not human figures or simplifications of them, they irresistibly resemble the humanoid organic forms of the Catalan artist Joan Miró (1893–1983) or the English sculptor and printmaker Henry Moore (1898–1986)." Paulo Gomes, Iberê e seu ateliê: as coisas, as pessoas e os lugares (Porto Alegre: Fundação Iberê Camargo, 2015), 154.

In order to enrich the aquatint, the artist sprayed the entire matrix with fine and coarse grained resins. To create contrasts in some areas of the figure, he used etching and the sugar-lift process. The mesh heightened the black areas.