Plate 15 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Emilio PettorutiWW-1962-M015054

1962·Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving·plate: 4 7/16 × 5 13/16" (11.3 × 14.8 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1962
Medium: Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving
Dimensions: plate: 4 7/16 × 5 13/16" (11.3 × 14.8 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Emilio Pettoruti

Artist

Emilio Pettoruti

Painting

Emilio Pettoruti was an Argentine painter and sculptor who developed a distinctive approach to cubism and abstraction during the early twentieth century. Working across painting, sculpture, and printmaking, he synthesized European modernist vocabularies with Argentine artistic concerns, creating compositions marked by geometric rigor and chromatic intensity. Based in Buenos Aires and Europe at different periods of his career, Pettoruti became a central figure in introducing avant-garde abstraction to Latin American audiences.

Paris, France

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