Ostia Antica I

 

Edmond Casarella

  1920 - 1996 (biography)

1960  

etching 

12 5/8 x 6 7/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

proof; edition not stated 

titled, lower center; dated after signature; inscribed: "Clean Rag Wipe" in the lower left corner 

 

tan wove 

 

 

NC241 

$850.00 

A modernist interpretation Ostia Antica (Ancient Ostia) in Italy. Once the port of Rome, the city of Ostia sat at the mouth of the Tiber River, with archeological finds dating it to around the 4th century BC. It served as a naval base as well. By the 5th century AD it had declined in population and fell into disrepair. Now, Ostia's ruins have been preserved and are open to the public to view.