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Beniamino Bufano
Plato

1970

$850
£652.72
€748.77
CA$1,194.35
A$1,337.60
CHF 697.94
MX$16,338.16
NOK 8,879.77
SEK 8,370.25
DKK 5,587.98

About the Item

This artwork titled " Plato" 1970 is an original lithograph on Japan paper by noted Italian/American artist Beniamino Benevenuto Bufano, 1890-1970. It is hand signed, inscribed Bon a Tirer and dated April 70 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 13.35 x 10 inches, framed size is 24.65 x 20.75 inches. Published by First Impressions, San Francisco, printed by Fikrat Al-Khouri at First Impressions Graphic Society. it is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano was born in San-Fele, Italy on Oct. 14, 1889. At age three Bufano's family brought him to NYC where he spent his childhood and was educated by private tutors. He studied at the ASL in NYC from 1913-15, the pupil of James L. Fraser, Herbert Adams, and Paul Manship. He came to San Francisco in 1915 to work on a sculpture for the PPIE. For awhile he worked in the studio of coppersmith Dirk van Erp. He then traveled extensively for four years in France, Italy, India, and China. After returning to San Francisco in 1921, he remained there the rest of his life except for visits to the Orient and Europe. Always a radical, he lost his teaching position at San Francisco Institute of Art in 1923 because he was too modern for the conservative faculty. He later taught at UC Berkeley and the CCAC (1964-65). Henry Miller wrote of him, "He will outlive our civilization and probably be better known, better understood, both as a man and artist, five thousand years hence." His work, simple in style and monumental in scale, includes smoothly rounded animals in granite and icons sheathed in stainless steel. Only five feet tall, Bufano was a controversial, free spirit until his death in San Francisco on Aug. 16, 1970. Member: SFAA; NSS; American Artists Congress. Exh: Whitney Museum (NYC), 1917; Arden Gallery (NYC), 1925 (solo); Salon d'Automne (Paris), 1927; San Francisco Art Association, 1935 (1st prize); SFMA, 1935, 1936, 1937 (solos); GGIE, 1939; Calif. Academy of Sciences (SF), 1974 (solo); Oakland Museum, 1974; Museo ItaloAmericano (SF), 2000 (retrospective). Works Held: MM; Longshoreman's Union (SF); SF Int'l Airport (Peace); Mills College (Oakland); San Francisco Museum of (Modern) Art; SF City College (St Francis); Oakland Museum. The work of Bufano is held in numerous collections and museums worldwide.
  • Creator:
    Beniamino Bufano (1898 - 1970, American, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1970
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24.65 in (62.62 cm)Width: 20.75 in (52.71 cm)Depth: 1.35 in (3.43 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: buf/pla/011stDibs: LU66635557531

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