Untitled

Accession Number
1974/2.10

Title
Untitled

Artist(s)
Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

Object Creation Date
1950-1952

Medium & Support
aquatint on paper

Dimensions
11 3/8 in x 14 in (28.9 cm x 35.6 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Chet and Mary LaMore

Subject matter
Alessandro Mastro-Valerio was a printmaker hailing from Italy. His subjects were most frequently female nudes however at the end of his life he spent about two years making abstract aquatints like this untitled print. Mastro-Valerio moved to Chicago in 1913 and then Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1919. He began teaching at Eastern Michigan University in 1922 (then known as Michigan State Normal College) and then part time at the University of Michigan in 1924, where he would eventually become a professor. 

Physical Description
This abstract print shows a dark, shadowy background and lighter, biomorphic shapes and lines. 

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
abstraction
aquatint (printing process)
modern and contemporary art
stars (motifs)

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