Nature morte à l'estampe (Still Life with Print)

1962

Mario Avati

Associated Names
Mario Avati

Artist, French, 1921 - 2009

The image shows a large spiraled vase with a textured pattern on its surface and two shells, one larger and one smaller, on a flat surface beside it. The color palette is monochromatic, with various shades of grey from light highlights to dark shadows. The vase is positioned on the left side of the image while the shells are on the right. In the background, there is a partially visible, shadowy rectangular form in the upper right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passeron, Vol. III, no. 333, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1973

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

Inscriptions

recto: below plate, from left to right, in graphite: ESSAI 6/9 NATURE MORTE A L'ESTAMPE AVATI 62; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65511180

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