ArtistsAntonio Frasconi
Antonio Frasconi

Antonio Frasconi

American, 1919
PrintmakingExpressionism
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None documented
23
Institutional Exhibitions
290
Works in Collection
550
Assets Indexed
2
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90%
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  • Expressionism
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Committed to Print
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Artists and Writers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976–1977
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Antonio Frasconi was an American printmaker and illustrator known for his bold woodcut technique, which he deployed across fine art editions, children's books, and social commentary works from the 1940s onward. His stark, high-contrast compositions often depicted urban and rural scenes, animals, and figures rendered in a modernist vocabulary rooted in the traditions of German Expressionism and Mexican muralism. Frasconi's prolific output in color and black-and-white woodcuts established him as a central figure in postwar American printmaking.

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Expressionism
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Printmaking
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Machado, plate two from Oda a Lorca (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Machado, plate two from Oda a Lorca (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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