Piero Dorazio Art
Italian, 1927-2005
Piero Dorazio (Rome, June 29, 1927 - Perugia, May 17, 2005) was an Italian painter. His work was related to color field painting, lyrical abstraction and other forms of abstract art.
Dorazio was born in Rome. His father was a civil servant, while his mother was interested in history and art. Dorazio attended Julius Caesar Lyceum (high school) in Rome. The family fled to their homeland province of Abruzzo in 1943. After the war, Dorazio worked briefly as a translator for the British Army and then studied architecture at the University of Rome.
He was influenced by futurists such as Gino Severini, Antonio Corpora, Enrico Prampolini, and Giacomo Balla, attracting him to painting. An aversion to their right-wing views pushed him to align instead with left-leaning artists like Renato Guttuso. Along with Pietro Consagra, Achille Perilli, and Giulio Turcato, he helped formulate a manifesto and establish a group of abstract artists in 1947 called Forma I. Although imbued with socialist leanings, the group did not follow the realist social commentary furthered by Guttuso but proposed to reclaim abstraction from Futurism. In 1947 Dorazio won a prize and a stipend from the French government to study at the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris.
Dorazio, along with artists Mino Perilli and Guerrini, helped found L'Age d'Or in 1950. It was a bookstore/gallery space dedicated to abstract art. In 1952, he promoted the foundation Origin with Alberto Burri, Ettore Colla and others, and edited the magazine Arti Visive. As a representative of Italy, in 1953 he traveled for the first time to the United States to participate in the International Summer Seminar at Harvard University. That fall, he moved to New York City and stayed through 1954. In October 1953, Dorazio had his first solo exhibition at George Wittenborn's One-Wall Gallery.
He published La Fantasia Dell-Arte Nella Vita Moderna" in 1955, a review of modern art in Italy. Regarding this book, reviewer Christopher Masters states that Dorazio advanced his belief, perhaps with a surfeit of optimism, that "abstract art could change the world... That just as science and technology were destroying the barriers between different cultures, so the new 'universal style' would lead to a 'universal civilisation'."
He was invited to teach at the Graduate School of Fine Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design in 1959. He taught painting there for one semester each year from 1960 to 1969, splitting his time between the United States and Italy. In 1970 he returned to live and work full-time in Rome. In 1974 he moved his studio from Rome to Umbria, near Todi. Peter Iden, founding director of the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt from 1978-1987, acquired three works by Dorazio from 1981 to 1983 (Oracolo, 1959; Blue Hearttrap, 1961; Stridente, 1982-83) for the museum collection.to
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Artist: Piero Dorazio
Untitled Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstraction Lithograph Signed/N, Ex-Museum
By Piero Dorazio
Located in New York, NY
Piero Dorazio
Untitled Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, 1967
Color Lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper
Hand signed, numbered 68/80 and dated on the front
29 1/4 × 21 inches
U...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
By Piero Dorazio
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage"
Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by the French government and admission to the Academy Beaux Arts. There he met George Braque who became great friends but also an influence on Dorazio, of which "Gonage" is a living testament.
"Gonage" actual size of the drawing measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches. It is signed on the lower right. The work is affixed to a 19 x 15 inch board which includes the artist's signature and date. There is a torn table on the lower left entitling the piece "Gonage".
Provenance follows this piece as a gift in 1950 to the artist-colleague Luigi Lucioni, who then gifted it in 1955 to his friend, the uncle of the current owner who has owned the work since 1988.
Bio
Born in Italy, Piero Dorazio studied architecture in Rome. At the same time his first abstract works were executed. In 1947 he received a scholarship from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he contacted Modern artists, who lived in Paris. He founded the galleries "Age d'Or" in Florence and Rome to represent avant-garde arts in Italy.
During a one year stay in the USA he got acquainted with leading artists of Abstract Expressionism such as Marc Rothko...
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1940s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Gouache, Board
Erker-Treffen 2
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1974
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 152/200
Publisher : Erker (St. Gallen)
Leaflet
Poem "Venedig im regen" and signature of Peter Huchel lithographed on ...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous aquatint in reds and oranges by Piero Dorazio (Italian 1927-2005). This aquatint is on heavy "Umbria" Fabriano paper. It is signed and dated 1964 in the lower margin in penc...
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1960s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Aquatint
Oval - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1987
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Oval is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1987 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil " Piero Dorazio ...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Abstract Composition (Ex-Bank of New York Collection) Lithograph SIgned/N Framed
By Piero Dorazio
Located in New York, NY
Piero Dorazio
Abstract Composition (Bank of New York Corporate Collection), 1971
Lithograph on wove paper
Pencil signed, numbered 73/75 and dated on the front. The back bears a label from Bank of New York's Corporate Art collection.
Frame Included
This is an exquisite, uncommon abstract lithograph from the early 1970s by Piero Dorazio. It was acquired from the Bank of New York Corporate Art Collection, and bears their inventory label on the back of the frame. It is framed in an elegant museum frame, with UV plexiglass, bearing the date of the framing (2008), and the name of the Manhattan frame...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Untitled Geometric Abstraction (deaccessioned Triton Museum) Lithograph Signed/N
By Piero Dorazio
Located in New York, NY
Piero Dorazio
Untitled Geometric Abstraction (deaccessioned from the Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA), 1968
Lithograph on white BFK paper
Hand signed, numbered (AP), dated on the fron...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Untitled 1988
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous lithograph in primary and secondary colors. Heavy paper with beautiful edges. Signed and dated 1988 in pencil by the artist on the front and again dated and titled on the ba...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Nuances - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1980
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Nuances is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1980 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil "Piero Dorazi...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Etching
Nuances - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1980
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Nuances is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1980 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil " Piero Doraz...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Etching
Kalithea - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1977
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Kalithea is an original print realized by Piero Dorazio in 1977.
Mixed color lithograph on paper.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 1...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Abstract Composition - West End - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1983
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 17.7 x 17.7 cm.
Abstract Composition in Tondo - West End is a joyful color etching on paper, realized in 1983 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 19...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
United Europe - France - Original Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - France is an original print realized by Piero Dorazio in 1994.
Mixed colored etching and aquatint on paper.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower margin.
N...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled - Original Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1980
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, dated and numbered by artist with pencil.
Edition of 25 prints in Roman Numerals.
Publisher : Romero, Roma
Image Dimensions : 30 x 49.2 cm
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Etching
Untitled - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1980
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
This original print is hand signed , dated and numbered by the artist with a pencil. This is an edition of 25 prints in Roman numerals.
Piero Dorazio (1927-2005) was an Italian pain...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Etching
Erker-Treffen 3
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1976
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 142/200
Publisher : Galerie Erker (St. Gallen)
38.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 14.96 in. x 22.05 in. (paper)
Excellent conditi...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract Silkscreen by Piero Dorazio
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Piero D'Orazio, Italian (1927 - 2005)
Title: Untitled 3
Year: 1979
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 90
Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Piero Dorazio Art
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Screen
Piero Dorazio Lithograph Abstract Geometric Quadrilateral Polygon
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Detroit, MI
The work is a Lithograph, not numbered, but signed and dated by the artist, Piero Dorazio. The print has an intense color field with a strong linear element being composed of quadril...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
United Europe - Germany - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - Germany is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1991 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in penc...
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cercles du Matin (Morning Circles) - Color Field Painting, Lyrical Abstraction
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Dorazio
Morning Circles (Cercles Du Matin)
Color Lithograph
Year: 1992
Size: 19.68 x 27.56 in (50 x 70 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered by hand
Edition: 90
Publisher: Erker Pres...
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1968
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 46.5 x 70.5 cm.
This contemporary artwork is the Abstract Composition by Dorazio.
A joyful color lithograph on paper, realized in 1968 by the Italian graphic mas...
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1960s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Colored Ribbons - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Paris, IDF
Piero Dorazio
Colored Ribbons
Lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On edition paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch)
Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972
Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
United Europe - France 2- Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - France 2 is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1994 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pen...
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Oval - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1987
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Oval is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1987 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil " Piero Dorazio ...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Pink Abstract, Signed Colorful Screenprint by Piero Dorazio
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Piero D'Orazio, Italian (1927 - )
Title: Pink Abstract
Year: 1992
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 66/99
Size: 30 x 21.5 inches
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Screen
Blue Composition - Original Aquatint by Piero Dorazio - 1984
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Aquatint on watermarked paper, hand-signed and hand-numbered in pencil on lower margin by Piero Dorazio. Edition of 55 prints.
Wonderful contemporary and abstract blue composition ...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Aquatint
Abstract Composition - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1990
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1990 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil ...
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled - Screen Print by Piero Dorazio - 1970s
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original contemporary artwork realized by Piero Dorazio in 1970s.
A mixed colored screen print. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right margin.
Good conditions ...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Screen
United Europe - France 1 - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - France 1 is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1994 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pen...
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
United Europe - France 2 - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - France 2 is an original print realized by Piero Dorazio in 1994.
Mixed colored etching and aquatint on paper.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower margin.
...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Oval - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1987
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Oval is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1987 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil " Piero Dorazio ...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Composition - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1972
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original lithograph realized by Piero Dorazio in 1972.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Edition 106 of 200 prints.
Colorful abstract compositi...
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1970s Contemporary Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Oval - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1987
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Oval is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1987 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil " Piero Dorazio ...
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1980s Modern Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1968
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 46.5 x 70.5 cm.
This contemporary artwork is the Abstract Composition by Dorazio.
A joyful color lithograph on paper, realized in 1968 by the Italian graphic mas...
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1960s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Poster for P. Dorazio's Exhibition in Herrenhof Musbach, Germany
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original modern artwork realized by Piero Dorazio in 1987.
Original Lithograph after Piero Dorazio.
Very good conditions.
Composition is a vintage Poster for Piero Dorazio's Exhibition in Herrenhof Musbach, Cultural center in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, from October 4th to November 1st 1987.
The work is one of the typical composition realized by the Italian artist Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927). In 1945—together with Achille Perilli, Mino Guerrini, Lucio Manisco, Carlo Aymonino, Carlo Busiri Vici, Alfio Barbagallo, and Renzo Vespignani—he founded the Gruppo Ariete and later the Gruppo Arte Sociale. In 1947, with Giulio Turcato, Concetto Maugeri...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph, Offset
Wir Wurchsten Ein Gutes Neues Jahr - 1970s - Piero Dorazio - Lithograph
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Original colorful lithograph on paper, glued on white cardboar, realized by Piero Dorazio.
Original title: Wir Wurchsten Ein Gutes Neues Jahr.
Realized for "Wir Wurchsten ein gutes n...
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1970s Contemporary Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
United Europe - France 2- Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - France 2 is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1994 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pen...
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1990s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled XXVI, Colorful Signed Abstract Screenprint by Piero Dorazio
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled XXVI
Piero Dorazio, Italian (1927–2005)
Date: 1970
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 37/80
Size: 28.5 x 38.5 in. (72.39 x 97.79 cm)
Printer: Erker Presse...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Screen
Alisei - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1981
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Alisei is an original artwork, a colorful lithograph on paper, realized by Piero Dorazio in 1981.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the l...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Autograph Letter by Piero Dorazio - 1950s - Contemporary
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
L.A.S. (Lettre Autographe Signée) Autograph Letter Signed by P. Dorazio, to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. On Letterhead “Piero Dorazio 16 Piazza Armellini – Roma”. Rome, 27th March ...
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1950s Contemporary Piero Dorazio Art
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Paper
Erker-Treffen 4
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1987
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 123/200
Publisher : Erker Presse (St. Gallen)
LCD4721
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled 1988
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous lithograph in primary and secondary colors. Heavy paper with beautiful edges. Signed and dated 1988 in pencil by the artist on the front and again dated and titled on the ba...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Oval - Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1987
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Oval is a color etching and aquatint on paper, realized in 1987 by the Italian graphic master Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927 - Perugia, 2005).
Signed and dated in pencil " Piero Dorazio ...
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1980s Modern Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Etching
Composition - Lithograph by Piero Dorazio - 1984
By Piero Dorazio
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original modern artwork realized by Piero Dorazio in 1984.
Original Lithograph. Hand-signed at the bottom right.
Very good conditions.
Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1927) founded in 1945 the Gruppo Ariete and later the Gruppo Arte Sociale together with Achille Perilli, Mino Guerrini, Lucio Manisco, Carlo Aymonino, Carlo Busiri Vici, Alfio Barbagallo, and Renzo Vespignani. In 1947, with Giulio Turcato, Concetto Maugeri...
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1980s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sapsikos ΣΑΠΣΙΚΟΣ, 1976
By Piero Dorazio
Located in London, GB
PIERO DORAZIO 1927-2005
Rome 1927 - 2005 Perugia (Italian)
Title: Sapsikos ΣΑΠΣΙΚΟΣ, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Pap...
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1970s Abstract Piero Dorazio Art
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Lithograph
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