Description: This mounted print, titled "Minotaure (1945))" and created by Italian-American surrealist artist Enrico Donalti, is a fascinating piece of artwork for a private collection.. The print, original Artwork produced in 1945, belongs to the category of art prints and art. It is made of paper and comes in a mounted frame.The theme of surrealism runs throughout the artwork, which is evident in the use of abstract shapes and dreamlike imagery. The print is a great addition to any art collection, and its unique style is sure to catch the eye of any art enthusiast.Please refer to the photographs as they do form part of the description.The printed space is 7.75" Landscape and 5.75" Portrait the matted size is 10" Landscape and 8" Portrait.All items are professionally wrapped and packed using lots of Fragile Tape.I use to courier Evri and they estimate 2/3 working days to get to your destination.I have 13 in total of these prints listed and I will combine postage where I can.Thank You for Looking and Good Luck with the Bidding. Enrico Donati Born in 1901 - 2008Enrico Donati studied economics at the Università degli Studi, Pavia, and in 1934 moved to the USA, where he attended the New School for Social Research and the Art Students League of New York. His first one-man shows were in New York in 1942, at the New School for Social Research and the Passedoit Gallery.At this stage he was clearly drawn to Surrealism. This was reinforced by meeting André Breton and coming into contact with Marcel Duchamp and the other European Surrealists in New York at the time. A typical work of this period, St Elmo’s Fire (1944; New York, MoMA), contains strange organic formations suggestive of underwater life.Donati was one of the organizers of the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme held in Paris in the summer of 1947, to which he contributed a painting and two sculptures. In the late1940s he responded to the crisis in Surrealism by going through a Constructivist phase, from which he developed a calligraphic style and drew onto melted tar,or diluted paint with turpentine. He also became associated with Spatialism, founded by Lucio Fontana. Thus began his long fascination with surface and texture, including mixing paint with dust, that culminated in the 1950s in his Moonscapes, a series that has similarities with the work of Dubuffet. The fossil became a major theme for Donati through the 1960s, and he gave new importance to color in his Fossil works, for example in Red Yellow Fossil (1964; Miami, Hills Col., see Selz, p. 19). In 1961, he was given a major retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and frequently exhibited at group shows in the USA and elsewhere. He held a number of important teaching and advisory posts,including Visiting Lecturer at Yale University (1962–1972).Death[edit]Considered by some in the art world to be one of the last of the Surrealists, Enrico Donati died in his home in Manhattan on April 25, 2008, aged 99.Donati's health had been failing since involved, as a passenger, in a taxi accident in July 2007. He eventually succumbed to complications sustained from his injuries.
Price: 12 GBP
Location: Ilfracombe
End Time: 2025-01-27T08:46:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 23.03 GBP
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Artist: Enrico Donalti
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1946
Style: Surrealism
Theme: Surrealism
Material: Paper
Framing: Mounted
Subject: Venice
