Mario Avati

Fruits

Mario Avati's original mezzotint, Fruits was created by Avati in 1973. This is printed upon hand-made, rag paper and with full margins is signed in pencil by the artist under the plate-mark. During the 1960's and 1970's, Mario Avati created original, miniature mezzotints to commemorate the New Year and as gifts for his close circle of friends. This original mezzotint is one of these annual works of art. Mario Avati's Fruits hails from the estate of Maurice Bloch.

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Mario Avati (Monaco, 1921 - Paris)
#	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Notes	-
01.-	Bol et Pain (Bowl and Bread) by Mario Avati	1969	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold
02.-	Deux Hiboux by Mario Avati	1972	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold
03.-	Dove of Peace by Mario Avati	1963	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold
04.-	Effraie Precoce by Mario Avati	1970	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold
05.-	Fruit by Mario Avati	1966	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold
06.-	Fruits by Mario Avati	1973	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold
07.-	Maniere Noire aux Noix by Mario Avati	1964	Original Mezzotint	Printed title as well as " Gravure Originale de Mario Avati"	Sold
08.-	The Violin by Mario Avati	1964	Original Mezzotint	Signed in pencil by Mario Avati.	Sold

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Title:	Fruits
Artist:	Avati, Mario (Monaco, 1921 - Paris)
Date:	1973
Medium:	Original Mezzotint
Printer:	Mario Avati
Note:	Mario Avati: Not many masters of modern art have dedicated most of their artistic talents to the hazardous medium of the mezzotint. From the rocking of the plate to the scraping and burnishing to bring light out of the darkness, the mezzotint has rightly been called the most delicate and complex of all art methods. Yet no other art can give birth to such magnificent areas of light and shade as this purely tonal medium. The leading twentieth century artists of the mezzotint are D. E. Galinis, Yozo Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Hasagawa and Mario Avati.
	From an Italian background, Mario Avati was born in Monaco and studied art in Paris. His first one man exhibitions were in Paris, where he has resided for most of his career. By 1955, Mario Avati had achieved an international reputation with major exhibitions of his art in New York, Tokyo, London and Los Angeles. Avati's American connections are well known: he has worked with the prestigious Tamarind Workshop and the Museum of Modern Art in New York owns one of the most extensive collections of his prints.
	Scholars have often written of Surrealist elements within Mario Avati's art. Jean Adhemar, in fact, wrote that Avati's mezzotints express, "a strange and devastated universe." * Avati is famous for combining seemingly incongruous forms to achieve strongly evocative imagery, and from this standpoint his art is related to Surrealism. Even in his more realistic animal studies and still lifes, the imagery is permeated by mystical elements derived from the unique spacial relationships of the mezzotint medium. (Jean Adhemar, Twentieth Century Graphics, London, Elek Books Limited, 1971, p. 240.)
	As well, Mario Avati is an extremely meticulous artist. He rocks his own mezzotint plates -- sometimes up to twenty-four hours -- in order to achieve the most satisfactory, velvety tones. He is most particular about papers (favouring a pure rag paper with light sizing) and takes complete charge of the artistic process by printing his own plates. In a 1976 essay upon the mezzotint, Avati even had words of warning to collectors: "The fragility of the mezzotint is its only weak point. Collectors must be warned to handle these prints even more carefully than any others, for the slightest scratch damages the print beyond repair. Unfortunately, the deep velvety surface easily attracts exploring fingers which inevitably leave a shiny streak across the velvet." * ( Fritz Eichenberg, The Art of the Print, New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1976, pp. 358 - 360.)
	Mario Avati is represented in major collections in the U. S. and abroad including the Bibliotheque National, Paris; Museum of Tokyo, Japan; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Library of Congress; the Princeton University Collection; the Rockefeller Collection and many others.
Edition:	During the 1960's and 1970's, Mario Avati created original, miniature mezzotints to commemorate the New Year and as gifts for his close circle of friends. Fruits is one of these annual works of art. Although not numbered, these miniature masterpieces are known to exist in editions of less than one hundred.
Provenance:	This original mezzotint entitled, Fruits hails from the estate from the estate of Maurice Bloch. Bloch was a major New York City art dealer and a personal friend of Mario Avati. Avati's first New York exhibition was held at Bloch's gallery.
Raisonne:	Passeron 495
Size:	1 1/2 X 2 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, pure rag paper and with full margins as created by Mario Avati on the above date. It is a beautifully printed, velvety and in excellent condition throughout. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate-mark.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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