Grafica

(Partial) Portfolio containing 3 lithographs & etchings (~60% OFF LIMITED TIME)

1969

Grafica '68 (Partial) Portfolio containing 3 (three) lithographs and etchings Originally issued with 10 Lithographs, Silk Screens and Etchings, of which 7 (seven) are missing Year: 1968 Edition: 100 Size: 17.6 x 23.6 in. or 23.6 x 17.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signatures: Sheets signed and numbered by hand Comes with folio box and individual artists' presentation sheets. --------------------------------- Artists works included: RENZO VESPIGNANI "Report on the artist" Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in two colors Edition: 100 Size: 17.6 x 23.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signed and numbered Ref: RVE_1909_01 LUCIANO DE VITA "Le cavalier inconnu" Year: 1968 Medium: Etching Edition: 100 Size: 23.6 x 17.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signed and numbered Ref: LDV_1909_01 PIERO GUCCIONE "Images" Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in four colors Edition: 100 Size: 23.6 x 17.6 in. Publisher: Il Torcoliere, Rome - Italy Signed and numbered Ref: PGU_1909_01 ======================= Renzo Vespignani was an Italian painter, printmaker and illustrator. Vespignani illustrated the works of Boccaccio, Kafka and T. S. Eliot, among others. In 1956, he co-founded the magazine Citta Aperta and in 1963, co-founded the group II Pro e II Contro for neorealism in figure art. ---------------- Luciano De Vita ( Ancona , 1929 - 1992 ) was an Italian painter , engraver , set designer and lecturer . Born in Ancona, De vita arrived in Bologna in the first post-war period, after having actively participated in the Second World War and having suffered the dramatic consequences. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts and was a pupil of Giorgio Morandi. From 1962 he taught in Milan at the Brera Academy , while in 1975 he returned to Bologna where he obtained the same chair of engraving that had been Morandi's from 1930 to 1956 . De Vita also actively dedicated himself to the theater , overseeing sets and costumes for shows that were also staged at La Scala in Milan. An example is the Turandot curated by Raoul Grassilli. ---------------- Emilio Vedova (9 August 1919 – 25 October 2006) was a modern Italian painter...

Alfred Manessier Composition 1964 Original Color Lithograph on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Edition: 2,000 Signed in the Stone Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Printer: M...

Lithograph, screenprint, etching and aquatint printed in colours, with relief, 1998, signed in pencil, dated, numbered from the edition of 55 (there were also 14 artist's proofs), with the publisher's blindstamp, Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, 54.6 x 55.2 cm. (21½ x 21¾ in.) Catalogue Raisonne: Axsom 252 Over a period of four years, Stella created a body of prints whose titles all came from ‘The Dictionary of Imaginary Places’ by Alberto Mangual and Gianni Guadalupi. Each work from this series is recognisable for its teaming compositions of twisting, colliding and knotted forms. The shapes appear to spill out of their sheet, seemingly trying to escape their frames. As he had done since the ‘Swan Engravings...

Robert Smith (United States, 1944) 'Open wide', 1972 lithograph in color on paper 21.7 x 29.6 in. (55 x 75 cm.) Edition of 75 Unframed ID: SMI1158-001-075 Hand-signed by author