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Mario Avati
Bird and Cage - Original Etching on Paper by Mario Avati - 1970s

1970s

About the Item

Bird and Cage is original etching on paper, realized by the French artist and print-maker master Mario Avati (1921-2009). Hand-signed on the lower right and numbered on the lower left in pencil. Edition of 52/100 prints. In excellent conditions. The original artwork with a superb technique, representing a fantastic scenery of a bird outside the cage bigger than a man with a human-like figure caged, well- defined silhouette, a touch of subjective interpretation which ludic and playful approach to dimensions. Mario Avati (1921-2009) is a French painter and engraver, remembered as the foremost mezzotint artist, after Yozo Hamaguchi. After attending the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Mario Avati practiced, from 1947, all printmaking techniques, contributing to the revival of graphic techniques as popular artists' media. His favorite graphic technique, applied to his timeless still lifes, is the mezzotint, among the most demanding, abandoned because it was "too difficult", but with the final result of an emerging image from a deep black "nothingness". Avati's international fame is confirmed by numerous awards, documentary films made in Japan, in the USA and in Europe and an uncountable number of participations in exhibitions and art events all over the world.
  • Creator:
    Mario Avati (1921 - 2009, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1970s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1.97 in (5 cm)Width: 2.56 in (6.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1091001stDibs: LU65036979812
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