ATANASIO SOLDATI : Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 22), 1949

By SOLDATI Atanasio

Atanasio Soldati (1896–1953)
Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 22), 1949
Arte concreta, 4th portfolio — Milan, Salto Editore, October 1949

Original colour lithograph on paper

Signed in the stone; unsigned in pencil, as issued

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.

A copy of the portfolio’s justification page (edition statement) will be provided on request.

Second of Soldati’s two sheets, made four years before his early death and while he was mentoring Augusto Garau.

References: Maffei, M.A.C. Movimento Arte Concreta. L’opera editoriale, Milano, Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004. British Museum, London, inv. 1989,0722.3.22.