Macabre Dance II by Salvatore Grippi

Macabre Dance II by Salvatore Grippi

Macabre Dance II

Salvatore Grippi

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Title

Macabre Dance II

 
Artist
Year
1952  
Technique
lift-ground etching and engraving 
Image Size
13 15/16 x 16 13/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
proof, edition not stated; presumed small (10 or fewer) 
Annotations
titled, lower left; dated, lower center 
Reference
 
Paper
sturdy cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GRIPPI105 
Price
$1,200.00 
Description

Atelier 17 printmaker Salvatore Grippi renders an epic scene of battle and human conflict within the bounds of his matrix, harkening to ancient Roman reliefs carved into the sarcophagi of warriors. Two figures with shields and knives dominate the foreground, while the rest of the composition is a chaotic tumble of human and horse forms clashing in the heat of battle.

On the whole, Grippi’s work was divided between larger-than-life oil paintings of seemingly mundane still lifes, presented in a powerful, blocky, nearly Cubist style, and haunting figurative work rendered in liquid, ever-moving forms that was often used as an outlet to process his traumatic experiences in World War II. “Macabre Dance II” upholds the poetry of antiquity while simultaneously utilizing the freedom of contemporary Abstraction to convey emotion.

 
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