AUGUSTO GARAU : Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 12), 1949, hand signed

By GARAU Augusto

Augusto Garau (1923–2010)
Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 12), 1949
Arte concreta, 4th portfolio — Milan, Salto Editore, October 1949

Original colour lithograph on paper

Signed in pencil

Dimensions: Unfolded sheet 32.5 × 44 cm (12.8 × 17.3 in.) — Image 21.5 × 22 cm (8.5 × 8.7 in.)

Condition: Good condition, a few scattered foxing spots. Unframed.

Published in an edition of 250 numbered copies, with a text by Giulio Carlo Argan. This copy is numbered 152/250.

Second of Garau’s two sheets, by the future Brera professor who became a noted theorist of colour.

References: Maffei, M.A.C. Movimento Arte Concreta. L’opera editoriale, Milano, Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004. British Museum, London, inv. 1989,0722.3.12.

Price : 50,00 € ( 57.00 USD )