In the Space

1944

Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

Associated Names
Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

Artist, American, born Italy, 1887 - 1953

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image shows a person in a curled, fetal-like pose. Their body is fully visible, with one arm bent above the head, the other across the chest, and legs tucked in. The person's head is slightly tilted downwards. The artwork features long, flowing hair around the head, but facial features are not detailed. The person is nude, and the body is highlighted with white lines and shading techniques. The background has a textured and shaded pattern that enhances the figure's contours and form, with dark and light contrasting areas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.9 × 19.1 cm (5 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.105


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix C, pp. 148-149, no. 26.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: A Mastro Valerio

Wikidata ID

Q65067110

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