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Signed Francisco Zuniga, ‘Tres Mujeres’. Editioned Lithograph, 1981
Signed Francisco Zuniga (Costa Rican/Mexican, 1912-1998). ‘Tres Mujeres’, lithograph. Pencil signed, dated ’81, and numbered 28/100 lower left. Mounted on board, float framed in metal moulding between two sheets of glass.
Francisco Zungia was a Costa Rican/Mexican artist known both for his painting and his sculpture. In 1926 he enrolled in the escuela de bellas artes in mexico, but left the following year to continue on his own. As part of his self-study, he studied german expressionism and the writings of Alexander Heilmayer, through which he learned of the work of two french sculptors, Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin, coming to appreciate the idea of subordinating technique to expression. In the 1930’s, he began to research pre-hispanic art and its importance to contemporary latin american art, as well as what was happening artistically in mexico.
During the 1940’s museum of modern art in ny acquired the sculpture ‘Cabeza de niño totonaca’ and the metropolitan museum of art acquired two of his drawings. He also helped to found the sociedad mexicana de escultores and received commissions in various parts of mexico. Major individual exhibitions during his career include the Bernard Lewin Gallery in Los Angeles in 1965, a retrospective at the museo de arte moderno in 1969, and various exhibitions in europe through the 1980’s. Museums holding his works in their permanent collections include the san diego museum of at, the new mexican museum of art, the metropolitan museum of art, the dallas museum of art, and the hirschorn museum in washington, dc, among others.
Sheet – 22" high x 29 1/2" wide.
Condition: Not examined out of frame, but presents as very good.
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