Enrico Baj Prints

Abstract nude lithograph by Enrico Baj, Italian, circa 1960s. Entitled “Lady Jane Gray, Queen of England For Nine Days”. This piece is pencil signed and numb...

For your consideration is an amusing glitter embellished lithograph depicting a female nude and military figure, with an annotation E.A., and hand signed by Enrico Baj. Dimensions: 34 H x 40 W (framed). In excellent condition. Enrico Baj (1924-2003) was an Italian artist and writer on art. Many of his works show an obsession with nuclear war. He created prints, sculptures but especially collage. He was close to the surrealist and dada movements, and was later associated with CoBrA. In 1972 public display of a major work, Funeral Of The Anarchist Pinelli (a reference to Carlo Carrà's painting The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli of 1911), was banned after the murder of the police officer believed to be responsible for Giuseppe Pinelli's death in custody. However his work continued to be political. In 1989 he designed thirty marionettes for Le Bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir, an opera by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero to a libretto by Anthony Burgess, written for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. In his last years he created a series of paintings in protest at the election of Silvio...