The Pear 2 by Luigi Rist

The Pear 2 by Luigi Rist

The Pear 2

Luigi Rist

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Title

The Pear 2

 
Artist

Luigi Rist

  1888 - 1959 (biography)
Year
1959  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
5 1/4 x 4 1/2" image 
Signature
India ink, within image 
Edition Size
unnumbered; Williams list two editions both in 1959; this edition is the second and is listed as 73  
Annotations
inscribed 35 in lower left beneath image and 35 in the lower right corner of the paper 
Reference
William 37b 
Paper
antique-white wove Japanese 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
DRW2053 
Price
$1,200.00 
Description

One of his last color woodblocks this impression of "Pears" is illustrated in the catalogue raisonné of Rist's work as number 37b. Rist used 4 blocks which, together with the working drawing and proofs are in the Philadelphia Museum.

The artist printed 2 editions of "Pears" in 1959 - the first an edition of 60 (this impression is numbered 35) and a second edition of 73 as a Christmas greeting in October, shortly before his death.

 
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