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La Grande Maniere Noire

1962

Mario Avati

Associated Names

Mario Avati

Artist, French, 1921 - 2009

The image includes a bottle labeled "at," a stemmed glass, and a fruit-filled bowl with pears and apples. The color palette consists of dark tones with gradients of gray for depth and shadow. The objects are on a surface with a geometric pattern, with the bottle and glass on the left and the fruit on the right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

mezzotint on Rives BFK paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1964.8.50
Catalogue Raisonné

Passeron, Vol. III, no. 335, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E. Weyhe; purchased 1963 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1973

Passeron, Roger. Mario Avati l'oeuvre grave. Paris: La Bibliotheque des Arts, 1973-1979.

Wikidata ID

Q65511178

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