Fatima Ronquillo

The Watchers

2021

Etching of 26

Edition of 18

Over the course of her prolific and radical career, Nancy Graves became a master of translating the primary data of soft science disciplines such as archaeology and anthropology into empirically informed, expressive works, such as "Canopic Prestidigitation." A large-scale, 23-color lithograph, Canopic Prestidigitation is as technically masterful as it is conceptually layered. Graves combines the Egyptian visual lexicon of the afterlife and allusions to European Renaissance masterworks to catalyze heuristic understandings of cross-cultural communication—Figures rendered in the hybridized profile-portrait style of Egyptian hieroglyphs float through a swirling and subtle maze of neo-classical architectural suggestions, while a disembodied hand reminiscent of Michelangelo’s "The Creation of Adam" reaches out through a frothing red portal. A cast-paper representation of Horus perches in the bottom right corner of the work, a nod to the symbolic language of the print and Graves’ multi-disciplined artistic approach. When read together, the elements of Canopic Prestidigitation become an artistic interpretation of the intangible qualities of social science...

Six color lithograph with glitter element on antique white Somerset velvet paper Edition 16/20

Kiss Cross is a 2006 lithograph with brightly colored hand sewn elements by dynamic duo Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh. Kiss Cross is from an edition of 25 plus artist and printers p...

Edition of 20

Hand signed. This work is from the portfolio The Unique Collection for the Olympic Fine Arts 2008 presented during the Olympic Games and produced in 260 copies as the only official a...

Stoats on a Rock is an original print realized in the late 19th century by an anonymous illustrator. Color lithograph representing a group of stoats: one has just captured a lttle b...

Flamingo is a lithograph realized by Alberto Mastroianni in the 1970s. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower in pencil. The artwork represents an interesting...

Indian Costume is an original lithograph artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the XIX century. Printed within series of "France Pittoresque" at...

Bird is an original lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro in 1980. hand-signed on the lower right. numbered, edition XX/XXV. good conditions except for aged margins. The artwork represents a mechanical...

Composition is an original lithography, realized by Pietro Carabellese in the 1970s. Hand-signed on the bottom right. Numbered on the bottom left. Edition of 100.