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Mario PrassinosWW-1949-M055007
1949·Aquatint, engraving and drypoint, printed in black·Plate 10 1/2 x 8 7/8 (26.7 x 21.8 cm) Sheet 12 7/8 x 10" (32.7 x 25.3 cm)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1949
- Dimensions
- Plate 10 1/2 x 8 7/8 (26.7 x 21.8 cm) Sheet 12 7/8 x 10" (32.7 x 25.3 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Mario Prassinos
Artist
Mario Prassinos
Printmaking
Mario Prassinos was a French painter and printmaker whose postwar practice combined figurative and abstract elements within a distinctly Mediterranean sensibility. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a visual language that engaged with classical form while maintaining a modern, gestural approach. Active from the 1940s onward, Prassinos contributed to the renewal of French painting in the immediate postwar period.
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- Mario Prassinos
- Year
- 1949
- Dimensions
- Plate 10 1/2 x 8 7/8 (26.7 x 21.8 cm) Sheet 12 7/8 x 10" (32.7 x 25.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1949-M055007
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified