Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
Italian, 1915-1995
Alberto Burri was born in a small town in Umbria, Italy, called Città di Castello. At the age of 25 he graduated with a degree in medicine from Università degli Studi di Perugia. He served as a physician in World War II, where his unit was captured in Tunisia in May 1943 and imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp in Texas. Following his release, Burri abandoned medicine and never practiced again. Instead, he took up painting.
Burri set up his first studio in Rome following his repatriation to Italy in 1946. His first solo exhibition was at the Galleria La Margherita in 1947. Burri exhibited with the Rome Art Club and was influenced by the growing Futurist use of multi-material art among his Italian contemporaries.
Growing in popularity for his experimental use of pigment and resin - as well as his incorporation of burlap bags and household linens to make his famous Sacchi (sacks) and Bianchi (whites) – Burri began to exhibit in the United States from 1953. His fist exhibition in the USA was at the Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, and the Stable Gallery in New York.
Burri’s incorporation of raw material into his art pushed the boundaries between painting and sculpture. His ingenuity only increased over time, and there seemed to be no distinction between artistic materials and simply materials that he harnessed and moulded into art. He developed unprecedented techniques such as painting with combustion to make torched wood veneer works (Legni). steel (Ferri) and overlays of melted and charred plastic (Combustoioni Plastiche).
From 1963-1991 Burri spent the winters in Los Angeles with his wife, American dancer Minsa Craig. Here, Burri ventured into Minimalism, painting black and white fields of induced craquelure that make up his famed Cretti monochromatic collection. His Grande Cretto (1985-89) is of course at the heart of this moment as a Land art work built over the ruins of Gibellina, the Sicilian town destroyed by the Belice earthquake sequence.
In 1978, Burri designed his own museum in his birth town’s Palazzo Albizzini, which opened in 1981, with works from his last series, the Cellotex, on permanent display from 1990. Since Burri’s death in 1995, in Nice, France, Burri has been the subject of many retrospectives, most notably Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2015-2016). His work is held at the Tate, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has been included at the Venice Biennale International Exhibitions and the Biennale de Lyon.to
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Artist: Alberto Burri
Cretto Nero D - etching and aquatint with embossing By Alberto Burri - 1971
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
etching and aquatint with embossing on Rosaspina paper from a series of 8 Cretti (7 black and 1 white). Hand signed lower right.
Edition of 90 prints, plus 15 artist's proofs in Rom...
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1970s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin.
Hand-numbered in pen...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
Silkscreen 5 - Screenprint By Alberto Burri - 1986
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Silkscreen realized by Alberto Burri in 1986.
Artist proof out of an edition of 50.
Image dimension 60x60 cm.
Hand signed and dedicated.
Excellent condition.
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1980s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B is a print realized using different techniques, and hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin by Alberto Burri . Hand-numbered in pencil on the lower left.
Edition 17/90. The whole edition includes 90 prints plus 15 out of commerce Artist's Proofs in Roman Numerals.
Very good condition.
The work is part of the "Black and white" folder that Alberto Burri realised in 1969, using an elaborate mix of techniques, such as lithography, chalcography and acetate collage. This six etching portfolio...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A is a Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin
Hand-numbered in pencil on low...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
$3,041 Sale Price
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Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate E - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate E is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin
Hand-numbered in penc...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
$3,041 Sale Price
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Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin
Hand-numbered in pen...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
Blacks and Whites I ( Acetates) - Plate F - Lithograph Embossing with 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition 34/90 prints plus 15 out of commerce Artist's Proofs in Roman Numerals.
Publisher : 2RC Gallery
The work is part of the "Black and white" folder that Alberto Bu...
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
Alberto Burri - Trittico A: 3
By Alberto Burri
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Trittico A: 3, 1973
Screenprints in colors on wove paper, with full margins
Hand signed lower right with publisher's blindstamp
Numbered 70/90 lower left
Im...
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1970s Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Alberto Burri - Trittico D : 2
By Alberto Burri
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Trittico D : 2, 1976
Screenprints in colors on wove paper, with full margins
Hand signed lower right with publisher's blindstamp
Numbered 33/90 lower left
I...
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1970s Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$3,328 Sale Price
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Alberto Burri - Trittico D : 1
By Alberto Burri
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Trittico D : 1, 1976
Screenprints in colors on wove paper, with full margins
Hand signed lower right with publisher's blindstamp
Numbered 45/90 lower left
I...
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1970s Alberto Burri Prints and Multiples
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$3,328 Sale Price
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Alberto Burri ( 1915 – 1995 ) – COMBUSTIONI – hand-signed etching and aquatint
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By Alberto Burri
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A rare edition work from “COMBUSTIONI” series,
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Comes from a folder of 6 etchings and aquatints on Fabriano paper edited in 1965 by 2RC and Marlborough Gallery in Rome
limited edition in 80 copies in cardinal numbers and XI in roman numbers
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Hand signed in pencil by artist lower right
framed size: 79 x 63,5 cm
paper size: 64 x 48 cm
Very good conditions
Framed to museum standards in a handmade frame ,
the background is made ph neutral for proper preservation of the work over the years , to avoid oxidation.
A photocopy of the reference catalog publication will also be included ,
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Bibliography: Burri Grafica – Opera Completa – Silvana Editoriale
Exhibition history: Santa Barbara 1977-1978; Rom, Firenze 1979; New York 1980...
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Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate D - By Alberto Burri - 1970
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This beautiful plate is embossed on zinc plate and lithographed. After this process, Burri made a collage of acetates on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. With the embossing stamp of the publisher Stamperia 2RC (Rome) on the lower left corner. Printed and published by Stamperia 2RC, Rome, in 1970.
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Bianchi e Neri I (Acetates) - Plate C - Alberto Burri - 1969
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Cretto Nero - Original Etching and Aquatint by Alberto Burri - 1971
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
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Belongs to the Serie of 8 “cretti” (7 black and 1 white)
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