Calandria, Argentine Calandria Mocking-Bird (plate, folio 12 verso) from Birds from my Homeland
Catalogue
- Year
- 1958
- Dimensions
- composition (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 9 5/8" (15 x 24.4cm); page: 7 7/8 × 10 13/16" (20 × 27.5 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Antonio Frasconi
Artist
Printmaking
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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1969 · Woodcut on folded sheet from a portfolio of ten woodcuts
Isola di San Giorgio from the portfolio Views of Venice (Vedute di Venezia)
1969 · Woodcut on folded sheet from a portfolio of ten woodcuts
Palazzo Ducale from the portfolio Views of Venice (Vedute di Venezia)
1969 · Woodcut tipped-in to folded sheet from a portfolio of ten woodcuts
Basilica della Salute from the portfolio Views of Venice (Vedute di Venezia)
1969 · Woodcut tipped-in to folded sheet from a portfolio of ten woodcuts
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- Antonio Frasconi
- Year
- 1958
- Dimensions
- composition (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 9 5/8" (15 x 24.4cm); page: 7 7/8 × 10 13/16" (20 × 27.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1958-M022444
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified