Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Pen & Ink of Stravinsky by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Name: Pen & Ink of Stravinsky by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Brand: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Price: 1250 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Rare Pen & Ink of Stravinsky by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (American, b.1919) c.2009 Dedicated to "Peter" for his Birthday in 2009. We don't know who Peter is. Hand drawn on a gallery card brochure. Dimensions 5.5" x 8.5". Good condition with a minor crease upper left (see images). Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, socialist activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. He is the author of poetry, translations, fiction, theater, art criticism, and film narration. Ferlinghetti is best known for his first collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages, with sales of more than one million copies. Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, leading the city of San Francisco to proclaim his birthday, March 24, "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day" In 1953 he rented a large loft at 9 Mission Street, San Francisco, just vacated by Hassel Smith. Originally identifying with the New York painters of his generation, namely Franz Kline and Willem DeKooning, he pursued what he now considers a "farcical attempt" to paint in an Abstract Expressionist style. Having reached an impasse, he stopped painting and did not pick up a brush again until the mid-1970's when he returned to figurative painting, sometimes very close to abstraction, and often combining the lyrical and the political. Since then Ferlinghetti has had many one-man exhibitions in this country and abroad. His most important solo show in Europe was at the Palace of Exhibitions in Rome (1996). In the catalogue for that show, the famous Italian art critic, Achille Bonito Oliva, characterized Ferlinghetti as "godfather of Italian trans-avant garde." Lately he has been associated with European Fluxus art, with shows in Verona and Florence curated by Francesco Conz. Solo exhibitions in the United States include the shows at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York, the Molly Barnes Gallery in Santa Monica, Dominican University in San Rafael, William Turner Gallery in Venice California, Kleinert James Gallery in Woodstock New York, and the George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco. This is a rare opportunity to acquire an original drawing by Ferlinghetti.

Creator:

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919, American)

Dimensions:

Height: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)

Medium:

Paper,Felt Pen

Movement & Style:

Abstract Expressionist

Period:

21st Century

Condition:

Good condition. Light handling. Minor crease. See images.