Leo Guida

Baby Vulcan - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1975

1975

Baby is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Etching on paper. Hand-signed, titled and dated in pencil on the lower mar...

Baby is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Etching on paper. Excellent conditions. Leo Guida. Sensitive to current ...

Both of the God Vulcan (original title: "Nascita di Vulcano") is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1975 by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Etching on paper. Numb...

Nella Pania is an original artwork realized in 1971 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original colored etching on ivory-colored cardboard. Hand-signed...

Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian, limited edition print. Hand signed and numbered in pencil from limited edition of 100 Aquatint etching Image size: cm 39.5 x 29.5, sheet cm 53 x 39 ...

Detailed mid-century modern figurative abstract etching by Gianpaolo Berto (Italian, 1940-2003). This etching features a central female figure, with layers of detailed embellishments...

Jean Jansem - Original Etching Title: Loneliness Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Edition of 175 Paper: vélin de Rives 1974 Unsigned and unumbered as issued

An etching by Leonor Fini depicting a gnarly old man with two youthful angels one sitting at his feet and the other standing close to his right side. This is a signed limited edition etching numbering 62 out of 100. There is also a signature by the artist embossed in the paper just below the pencil signature. The paper is very fibrous and has a couple of inherent creases that are part of the makeup of the fibrous paper. These are to the right of the figures. The edges of the paper are deckled. The paper size is 25.75 x 20 Image size 15.50 x 12.50. This original etching is in very good condition. Argentinian-born artist Leonor Fini (1907-1996) is considered one of the great female artists of the twentieth century. She moved to Paris in the early 1930’s where she spent most of her life and almost immediately formed friendships with Salvador Dali, Cartier- Bresson, Max Ernst and other intellectuals of the time. At twenty five she had her first one person show in Paris and was included in the 1936 pivotal exhibition at MOMA…Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism…..and that same year had an exhibition at a famous avant garde gallery in New York. Although Fini never considered herself a Surrealist she maintained close personal relationships with several members of the group. One can see how their ideology influenced her work but she remained firmly rooted in the tradition of Symbolism, Metaphysics and Italian and German Romanticism Her works can be found in most important collections of modern art around the world. Fini was renowned as a portraitist and as a painter of erotic sexual tensions with a mysterious atmosphere. She was adamant about being independent and not belonging to any one group. She lived life on her own terms and is sometimes referred to as …..the female Dali. She was also involved with designing for fashion and creating elaborate sets for opera and theatre. As a feminist she was definitely ahead of the times. She produced the first erotic male nude...