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Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013)
Summer Pasture
Color Woodcut, ca. 1953-1955
Printed for the Society of American Artists, Inc.
Signed in the …
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Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013)
Summer Pasture
Color Woodcut, ca. 1953-1955
Printed for the Society of American Artists, Inc.
Signed in the lower right corner
Printed on handmade paper with deckled edges and large margins. In good condition with dog eared corners and small scuff in the right margin.
Size: 11 7/8 x 17 3/8 in
Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi was born 28 April 1919 on a boat between Argentina & Uruguay and was raised in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Frasconi moved to the United States in 1945 at the end of World War II. He worked as a gardener and as a guard at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. It was at that museum that he had his first dedicated show. His recognition was beginning to grow and within twelve months he had a similar show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Frasconi was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1952.
In 1955, Frasconi's woodcuts were exhibited at the Summit Art Association, now known as Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, in Summit, NJ. This show was an extensive traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1959 he was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal from the U.S. children's librarians, which annually honors the illustrator of the best American picture book for children. Thus The House That Jack Built, which he also wrote, is retrospectively termed a Caldecott Honor Book.
In 1962 Frasconi won a Horn Book Fanfare award for The Snow and the Sun - La Nieve y el Sol a book he had created in two languages. He has frequently produced multilingual books. Also in 1962, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1969.
In 1982 Frasconi was the Distinguished Teaching Professor of Visual Arts at the State University of New York at Purchase.
Frasconi's students have included Martha Zelt,Adrian Lee Kellard, Tanya Kukucka and Ron Rocco.
Between 1981 and 1986 he created a series of woodcuts under the name "Los desaparecidos" (The Disappeared). This series refers directly to the people who were tortured and killed during the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay.
Antonio Frasconi died on 8 January 2013.
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- Dimensions
- 18ʺW × 0.2ʺD × 12ʺH
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Period
- 1950s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Woodcut
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- In good condition with dog eared corners and small scuff in the right margin. Please refer to photos for details. In good condition with dog eared corners and small scuff in the right margin. Please refer to photos for details. less
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