RUDY POZZATTI - Signed, 1960 Original Large Engraving: "Medieval Musician #1"

Description: This same engraving, " Medieval Musician No. 1" is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette. Also, by searching "Rudy Pozzati," you can see a live interview with Pozzati in which he talks about creating "Medieval Musician." The work is an expressionist-like composition, drawn directly onto a copper plate. The grey background and the touches of tonal shading were created by the aquatint process. It was printed on heavy, ivory, wove paper. The artist has pencil titled, editioned, signed and dated it in the lower margin. When I acquired this from an auction in Maine (summer of 2024), it was matted and framed under glass, but the frame was age-worn and has been discarded. The label (shown in photo) that was affixed to the reverse is included with this piece. It shows that this print was entered by Pozzatti into the 1960 Boston Arts Festival. DIMENSIONS: IMAGE/PLATE: 25 3/8 × 19 5/8 inches SHEET: 29 7/8 × 24 3/8 inches CONDITION: No folds or tears. No (or extremely minimal) foxing. One stain in the lower left margin. Discoloration to the paper around the original mat's opening/interior edges (not within the plate impression). Please zoom in to examine closely. Ships insured, rolled in tube. The artist, RUDY POZZATTI (1925-2021) is a noted Mid-Century American printmaker who's listed everywhere. His work is in major museums and private collections. After experiencing combat in WWII in northern France, Germany and the Battle of the Bulge, he earned a BFA and a MFA from the University of Colorado. Pozzatti accepted an Assistant Professorship in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Nebraska in 1954. In 1956, he and his family moved to Bloomington where he established the Printmaking Department in the Indiana University School of Fine Arts. Pozzatti remained at Indiana University for the rest of his academic career, and in 1972 he achieved the rank of Distinguished Professor. He was passionate about teaching and devoted remarkable time and energy to teaching and mentoring. In 1979, in collaboration with Indiana University Pozzatti founded and served as the Director of Echo Press in Bloomington. Guest artists came from all over America to have editions of their works printed under the guidance of Pozzatti's master printmaking skills, which were and still are regarded as world-class. He received multiple grants to support his artistic work including two Fulbright Grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and awards from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Pozzatti retired from IU in 1991. In 2018, as Professor Emeritus, he received The President's Medal, which is the highest honor that can be bestowed on outstanding faculty at Indiana University. Pozzatti's artwork is in the permanent collections of over 100 public museums and private collections including: the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, the White House, the Art Institute of Chicago, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the Library of Congress, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, Cleveland Museum of Art, the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Yale University Art Museum, the Toronto Museum of Art, the Museum of Art, Sydney, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Rudy Pozzatti died in Bloomington, Indiana on March 27, 2021. Biography Sources: Dignity Memorial Online website, and The Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA website

Price: 1200 USD

Location: Richmond, Virginia

End Time: 2025-02-09T13:12:12.000Z

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