Toreador by Ian Hugo

Toreador by Ian Hugo

Toreador

Ian Hugo

Title

Toreador

 
Artist

Ian Hugo

  1898 - 1985 (biography)
Year
1945 /1979 
Technique
engraving 
Image Size
5 7/8 x 7 7/8" image 
Signature
pencil. lower right 
Edition Size
45 of 50  
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
textured cream wove 
State
edition state 1979 
Publisher
Associated American Artists 
Inventory ID
16390 
Price
SOLD
Description
Hugo began his studies in printmaking at Atelier 17 after he had moved to Paris in 1940, probably in the brief interim between Hayter's move from Paris to New York. His career as an artist began late, but became the predomiant focus of his life, first in prints and later in filmmaking. "Toreador" explains the transition: The abstracted figure is in motion, ready to come off the sheet. Hugo's eye for movement and the magic in Surrealism is captured in this engraving. For more information on the artist, please see our biography, above.