Redemption Etching by Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni, 1970s

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Redemption is a splendid etching artwork realized by the Italian artist Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni (1934-2000). Hand-signed in pencil on the … Read more Redemption is a splendid etching artwork realized by the Italian artist Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni (1934-2000). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin ''R. Tommasi F.'' and numbered in pencil and in Arabic numerals on the lower left margin. edition of 58/60 prints. The state of preservation is very good, with small folding along the margins which do not affect the image. Tommasi Ferroni style is recognizable in the fluid hatching, in the deep blacks, and in the metaphysical, visionary, and surreal subject matter: it seems to be redemption after the airplane accident by putting in the scene the rays of the sun from the sky in the left side of the image. Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni (1934-2000) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was an exponent of the Neo-figurative movement that followed stylistically the Italian painting tradition, in particular Mannerism and Baroque. See less