Antonio Frasconi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Antonio Frasconi Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 23, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013), Tuscany VI, Mid Century Woodcut
Est: $150 - $300
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013), Tuscany VI, Mid Century Woodcut. Signed "Frasconi 67," numbered 8/20. As framed approximately 42.375W x 30.25H x 1.75D in. Sight approximately 35.25W x 23.25H in.
Clark's Auction Company
Nov. 20, 2024
Antonio Frasconi Signed Woodcut
Est: $100 - $150
Antonio Frasconi Signed Woodcut. Measures 35.5 x 11.75 inches image size. Unframed, taped at top edge only. Provenance: Previously estate of Fritz Eichenberg, recently estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 20, 2024
Antonio Frasconi Woodcut [Exhibition Poster]
Est: $75 - $150
Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan-American, 1919-2013) exhibition poster 1966. Measures 22.5 in. x 16 in. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 30, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013), "Window III," 1969
Est: $700 - $900
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) "Window III," 1969 Woodcut in colors on paper Edition: 6/10 Signed, titled, dated, numbered, and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: Frasconi / to Robin and Ernie with Love, Antonio 28/viii/69
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 30, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013), "Alhambra XIV," 1963
Est: $500 - $700
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) "Alhambra XIV," 1963 Woodcut in colors on paper Edition: 20/35 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin: Frasconi
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 30, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013), "The Sound IV," 1975
Est: $600 - $800
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) "The Sound IV," 1975 Woodcut in colors on paper Edition: 3/10 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin: Frasconi
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 30, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013), "View of Venice III - La Salute," 1969
Est: $600 - $800
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) "View of Venice III - La Salute," 1969 Woodcut in colors on paper Edition: 9/16 Signed, titled, dated, numbered, and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: Frasconi / To Robin & Ernie, until we meet in Venezia from Antonio, Uona [?], Pablo, and Miguel, August 28, 1969
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 16, 2024
Antonio Frasconi Woodcut [Sean O'Casey]
Est: $200 - $300
Antonio Frasconi Woodcut [Sean O'Casey]. Signed and dated (19)57 in pencil lower right. Titled in pencil lower center. Measures 24.25 x 17.125 inches sheet size. Light toning over exposed image area when previously framed. Unframed, hinge-mounted at top corners only. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 15, 2024
Antonio Frasconi - On Brecht - 1962 Lithograph 26" x 19"
Est: $325 - $400
"On Brecht" by Antonio Frasconi, 1962 Unsigned Lithograph. Paper size is 26 x 19 inches, with an image size of 23 x 19 inches. The Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible marks. Additional details: In 1953, Time magazine declared Frasconi to be “America’s foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut.”
DUMBO Auctions
Sep. 08, 2024
ANTONIO FRASCONI (AMERICAN/URUGUAYAN, 1919-2013).
Est: $300 - $500
'Lettuce Worker II, Salina Valley', 1953. Colored woodcut. Signed lower right. Titled lower left. 'AP' for Artist Proof lower left. Verso: Terry Dintenfass Gallery Label Verso. Exhibited at Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Fl, ;'The Latin American Spirit: Arts and Artist in The United States, 1920-1970, January 28 - March 4, 1990. From a Mahopac, NY estate. Dimensions: Image size: 20" h x 11.5" w. Frame: 30.5" h x 21.5" w.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Jun. 30, 2024
Antonio Frasconi, Woodcut on Kotchi Handmade Paper, Signed
Est: $200 - $800
Original woodcut on Kochi Japanese handmade paper proof edition for the cover catalogue of Work of Antonio Frasconi exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art and sponsored by the Print Club of Cleveland in 1952-1953. Signature and date in graphite on lower right: Frasconi 52. Housed in a bamboo shaped frame with an off-white mat. Sight dimensions: 14"L x 11"H. Frame size: 19.50"L x 16.50"H x 0.50"W. Artwork can be unframed and rolled for shipment. Artist: Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan-American, 1919-2013 Issued: 1952 Dimensions: See Description Country of Origin: Uruguay/United States
Lion and Unicorn
Jun. 01, 2024
2 20th c. American woodcuts
Est: $200 - $400
1). Antonio Frasconi (American, 1919-2013)- Thistle- woodcut, 1965, signed, titled and annotated ed. 25 in pencil. 7 1/2 x 10 7/8" 2). Isaac Sanger (American, 1899-1986)- Tugboats- wood engraving, signed and annotated 'Ed 50' in pencil. 6 3/4 x 4 7/8'
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 09, 2024
λ ANTONIO FRASCONI (1919-2013), MONTEREY FISHERMAN; LETTUCE WORKERS 5; AND MIGRATION OVER THE SOUND
Est: £300 - £500
λ ANTONIO FRASCONI (1919-2013) MONTEREY FISHERMAN; LETTUCE WORKERS 5; AND MIGRATION OVER THE SOUND Three woodcuts printed in colours, 1951, 1953 and 1959, each signed in pencil and dated, the first indistinctly titled and printed on two sheets, the second inscribed '5' and numbered 4/9(), the third titled and numbered 12/25image (largest) approximately 49.5 x 88.5 cm (3)Provenance: Sotheby's, 18th January 2019, A Collecting Legacy: Property From The Collection of Nelson & Happy Rockefeller, Lot 549
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Mar. 26, 2024
Antonio Frasconi - On Brecht - 1962 Lithograph 26" x 19"
Est: $125 - $175
"On Brecht" by Antonio Frasconi, 1962 Unsigned Lithograph. Paper size is 26 x 19 inches, with an image size of 23 x 19 inches. The Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible marks. Additional details: In 1953, Time magazine declared Frasconi to be “America’s foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut.”
DUMBO Auctions
Mar. 05, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (Argentine 1919-2013), 'Antonio Frasconi's Woodcuts 1943-1975', Exhibition Poster for Jane Haslem Gallery, March 13-April 14, 1976, Woodcut in Color, Numbered 11/25, Frame: 24 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (61.6 x 46
Est: $200 - $400
Antonio Frasconi (Argentine 1919-2013), 'Antonio Frasconi's Woodcuts 1943-1975', Exhibition Poster for Jane Haslem Gallery, March 13-April 14, 1976, Woodcut in Color, Numbered 11/25,
Weschler's
Feb. 18, 2024
Antonio Frasconi Kaleidoscope in Woodcuts Accordion Folded Book
Est: -
Antonio Frasconi Kaleidoscope in Woodcuts Accordion Folded Book. Pickup is Monday, February 19th from 12pm to 6pm and Tuesday, February 20th from 10am to 3pm in Gahanna, Ohio 43230. (THIS IS THE ONLY PICKUP WINDOW) or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $3 delivery fee to take this lot to our warehouse for processing. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com Sales tax will be collected for all bidders paying with a card. We will not charge sales tax if you come to pay cash in person (you are welcomed to do this!) If tax exempt, make sure your certificate is submitted with Invaluable.
Burns Auction & Appraisal, LLC.
Feb. 11, 2024
ANTONIO FRASCONI (URUGUAYAN/AMERICAN, 1919-2013).
Est: $600 - $900
'Carnivale'. Woodcut and silkscreen. Signed and date '80' lower right in pencil. This is a rare 'artist proof' printed outside of the numbered edition. Property from a Hendricks, WV collection. (unframed)
Clarke Auction Gallery
Feb. 10, 2024
Antonio Frasconi, New York, Connecticut / Uruguay (1919-2013), Summer Pasture, woodcut, 12"H x 17 1/2"W (sheet)
Est: $200 - $400
Antonio Frasconi New York, Connecticut / Uruguay, (1919-2013) Summer Pasture woodcut Pencil signed lower right. From the Archives of askART: Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. "Antonio Frasconi, Woodcut Master, Dies at 93" By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: January 21, 2013 In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut. Four decades later, Art Journal called him the best of his generation. Mr. Frasconi did not reach this pinnacle by adhering to orthodoxies. He found inspiration in comic books as well as the Old Masters. He decried art education, saying the average student does not learn the pertinent questions, much less the answers. He abhorred art that dwelt on aesthetics at the expense of social problems. He repeatedly addressed war, racism and poverty, and devoted a decade to completing a series of woodcut portraits of people who were tortured and killed under a rightist military dictatorship in his home country, Uruguay, from 1973 to 1985. "A sort of anger builds in you, so you try to spill it back in your work," he said in a 1994 interview with Americas, a magazine of the Organization of American States. Mr. Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children's books won awards. In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1968 he represented Uruguay at the Venice Biennale, exhibiting prints from 20 years of work. Much of that work was done in the studio at his home in Norwalk, Conn., where the views of migrating birds and passing seasons from the window influenced his art. He built the house in 1957, and his son Miguel said he died there. Mr. Frasconi's was patient and meticulous in his art, which involves making an impression on paper from a design carved in a block of wood. Before producing a woodcut titled Sunrise — Fulton Fish Market in 1953, he spent three months wandering Lower Manhattan's wharves and the holds of fishing boats. He spent hour upon hour studying "just how a man lifts a box," he said. He then spent three weeks carving five wood blocks, each to apply a different color, as they are stamped successively on the same sheet of paper. He said the capricious nature of wood governed many artistic decisions. He loved the hands-on experience of working with wood, some of which he gathered from the beach in front of his home. "Sometimes the wood gives you a break," he told Time in 1963, "and matches your conception of the way it is grained. But often you must surrender to the grain, find the movement of the scene, the mood of the work, in the way the grain runs." Mr. Frasconi said he took up the art after being attracted to the idea of making multiple prints, in part so he could offer art to people at reasonable prices. The woodcuts of Paul Gauguin were an enormous influence, he said. Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi was born to Italian immigrant parents on April 28, 1919, in Buenos Aires; a few weeks later his family moved to Uruguay. His father was frequently unemployed, and his mother worked in a restaurant and as a seamstress. He dropped out of art school at 12 because he was bored with copying from plaster casts of classical sculpture and became a printer's apprentice. On his own, he made posters deriding Franco and Hitler, which he signed "Chico." In 1945 he came to New York on a one-year scholarship to the Art Students League, and the next year he had a show at the Brooklyn Museum. After moving to California, he worked as a gardener and as a guard at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had an exhibition. Returning to New York, he collaborated with the adapter Glenway Wescott and the book designer Joseph Blumenthal on 12 Fables of Aesop, which was published by the Museum of Modern Art and honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the year's 50 best books. He illustrated a poem by Federico García Lorca on the brutality of Franco's police. A later political work about the Vietnam War superimposed bombsights on terror-stricken peasants. He illustrated selections from the poems of Herman Melville to comment on the Ohio National Guard's killing of students at Kent State University in 1970. For many years Mr. Frasconi, a citizen of both Uruguay and the United States, taught at Purchase College of the State University of New York. His first marriage, to Rene Farmer, ended in divorce. His second wife, Leona Pierce, a noted woodcut artist, died in 2002 after 50 years of marriage. In addition to his son Miguel, Mr. Frasconi is survived by another son, Pablo, and a granddaughter. Some of Mr. Frasconi's work was devilishly playful. His 1952 book, The World Upside Down, pictured a bull butchering a human, a man in a bird cage while a bird cavorts outside, and a sheep herding a flock of humans. A dog sleeps in bed, while a man slumbers in a doghouse on the floor. A fire hydrant is nearby, apparently in case the man needs it.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 10, 2024
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) woodblock
Est: $150 - $250
Summer Pasture woodcut in colors, 1955, signed and titled in pencil. 7 1/2 x 12 7/8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 27, 2024
MID CENTURY ANTONIO FRASCONI EXHIBITION BOOKLETS
Est: $100 - $150
A lot of 1950s booklets for the exhibitions of Antonio Frasconi at the Weyhe Gallery, NY. A total of 7 items. Antonio Frasconi, 1919 to 2013, was an American woodcut artist and illustrator. Weyhe Gallery, established in 1919 in New York City, is an art gallery specializing in prints. Art History Collectibles, Graphic Art Prints, Antiquarian Librarian Pieces.
Antique Arena Inc
Nov. 13, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI WOODCUTS ACCORDIAN BOOK
Est: $50 - $150
ANTONIO FRASCONI WOODCUTS ACCORDIAN BOOK -GOOD PRE OWNED CONDITION, MINOR WEAR TO BOX -DP102723
DejaVu Estate Sales & Auctions
Oct. 28, 2023
Antonio Frasconi, New York, Connecticut / Uruguay (1919-2013), Summer Pasture, woodcut, 12"H x 17 1/2"W (sheet)
Est: $200 - $300
Antonio Frasconi New York, Connecticut / Uruguay, (1919-2013) Summer Pasture woodcut Pencil signed lower right. From the Archives of askART: Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. "Antonio Frasconi, Woodcut Master, Dies at 93" By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: January 21, 2013 In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut. Four decades later, Art Journal called him the best of his generation. Mr. Frasconi did not reach this pinnacle by adhering to orthodoxies. He found inspiration in comic books as well as the Old Masters. He decried art education, saying the average student does not learn the pertinent questions, much less the answers. He abhorred art that dwelt on aesthetics at the expense of social problems. He repeatedly addressed war, racism and poverty, and devoted a decade to completing a series of woodcut portraits of people who were tortured and killed under a rightist military dictatorship in his home country, Uruguay, from 1973 to 1985. "A sort of anger builds in you, so you try to spill it back in your work," he said in a 1994 interview with Americas, a magazine of the Organization of American States. Mr. Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children's books won awards. In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1968 he represented Uruguay at the Venice Biennale, exhibiting prints from 20 years of work. Much of that work was done in the studio at his home in Norwalk, Conn., where the views of migrating birds and passing seasons from the window influenced his art. He built the house in 1957, and his son Miguel said he died there. Mr. Frasconi's was patient and meticulous in his art, which involves making an impression on paper from a design carved in a block of wood. Before producing a woodcut titled Sunrise — Fulton Fish Market in 1953, he spent three months wandering Lower Manhattan's wharves and the holds of fishing boats. He spent hour upon hour studying "just how a man lifts a box," he said. He then spent three weeks carving five wood blocks, each to apply a different color, as they are stamped successively on the same sheet of paper. He said the capricious nature of wood governed many artistic decisions. He loved the hands-on experience of working with wood, some of which he gathered from the beach in front of his home. "Sometimes the wood gives you a break," he told Time in 1963, "and matches your conception of the way it is grained. But often you must surrender to the grain, find the movement of the scene, the mood of the work, in the way the grain runs." Mr. Frasconi said he took up the art after being attracted to the idea of making multiple prints, in part so he could offer art to people at reasonable prices. The woodcuts of Paul Gauguin were an enormous influence, he said. Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi was born to Italian immigrant parents on April 28, 1919, in Buenos Aires; a few weeks later his family moved to Uruguay. His father was frequently unemployed, and his mother worked in a restaurant and as a seamstress. He dropped out of art school at 12 because he was bored with copying from plaster casts of classical sculpture and became a printer's apprentice. On his own, he made posters deriding Franco and Hitler, which he signed "Chico." In 1945 he came to New York on a one-year scholarship to the Art Students League, and the next year he had a show at the Brooklyn Museum. After moving to California, he worked as a gardener and as a guard at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had an exhibition. Returning to New York, he collaborated with the adapter Glenway Wescott and the book designer Joseph Blumenthal on 12 Fables of Aesop, which was published by the Museum of Modern Art and honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the year's 50 best books. He illustrated a poem by Federico García Lorca on the brutality of Franco's police. A later political work about the Vietnam War superimposed bombsights on terror-stricken peasants. He illustrated selections from the poems of Herman Melville to comment on the Ohio National Guard's killing of students at Kent State University in 1970. For many years Mr. Frasconi, a citizen of both Uruguay and the United States, taught at Purchase College of the State University of New York. His first marriage, to Rene Farmer, ended in divorce. His second wife, Leona Pierce, a noted woodcut artist, died in 2002 after 50 years of marriage. In addition to his son Miguel, Mr. Frasconi is survived by another son, Pablo, and a granddaughter. Some of Mr. Frasconi's work was devilishly playful. His 1952 book, The World Upside Down, pictured a bull butchering a human, a man in a bird cage while a bird cavorts outside, and a sheep herding a flock of humans. A dog sleeps in bed, while a man slumbers in a doghouse on the floor. A fire hydrant is nearby, apparently in case the man needs it.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 19, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI (New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013), “La Salute”, 1967., Woodcut, 21.5” x 34”. Framed 27.5” x 39.75”.
Est: $250 - $350
ANTONIO FRASCONI New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013 "La Salute", 1967. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 10/20 in pencil lower margin.
Eldred's
Oct. 12, 2023
Antonio Frasconi, woodcut, 1961
Est: $100 - $150
Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan-American, 1919-2013), "Berthold Brecht", woodcut on Rives paper, pencil signed and titled lower margin, loose and unframed, 29"h x 22"w
Millea Bros Ltd
Oct. 07, 2023
Antonio Frasconi, New York, Connecticut / Uruguay (1919-2013), Sunflower , woodcut, 21 1/4"H x 27 1/4"W (sheet)
Est: $300 - $500
Antonio Frasconi New York, Connecticut / Uruguay, (1919-2013) Sunflower woodcut Signed and dated lower right, titled and numbered 6/10 lower left. From the Archives of askART: Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. "Antonio Frasconi, Woodcut Master, Dies at 93" By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: January 21, 2013 In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut. Four decades later, Art Journal called him the best of his generation. Mr. Frasconi did not reach this pinnacle by adhering to orthodoxies. He found inspiration in comic books as well as the Old Masters. He decried art education, saying the average student does not learn the pertinent questions, much less the answers. He abhorred art that dwelt on aesthetics at the expense of social problems. He repeatedly addressed war, racism and poverty, and devoted a decade to completing a series of woodcut portraits of people who were tortured and killed under a rightist military dictatorship in his home country, Uruguay, from 1973 to 1985. "A sort of anger builds in you, so you try to spill it back in your work," he said in a 1994 interview with Americas, a magazine of the Organization of American States. Mr. Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children's books won awards. In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1968 he represented Uruguay at the Venice Biennale, exhibiting prints from 20 years of work. Much of that work was done in the studio at his home in Norwalk, Conn., where the views of migrating birds and passing seasons from the window influenced his art. He built the house in 1957, and his son Miguel said he died there. Mr. Frasconi's was patient and meticulous in his art, which involves making an impression on paper from a design carved in a block of wood. Before producing a woodcut titled Sunrise — Fulton Fish Market in 1953, he spent three months wandering Lower Manhattan's wharves and the holds of fishing boats. He spent hour upon hour studying "just how a man lifts a box," he said. He then spent three weeks carving five wood blocks, each to apply a different color, as they are stamped successively on the same sheet of paper. He said the capricious nature of wood governed many artistic decisions. He loved the hands-on experience of working with wood, some of which he gathered from the beach in front of his home. "Sometimes the wood gives you a break," he told Time in 1963, "and matches your conception of the way it is grained. But often you must surrender to the grain, find the movement of the scene, the mood of the work, in the way the grain runs." Mr. Frasconi said he took up the art after being attracted to the idea of making multiple prints, in part so he could offer art to people at reasonable prices. The woodcuts of Paul Gauguin were an enormous influence, he said. Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi was born to Italian immigrant parents on April 28, 1919, in Buenos Aires; a few weeks later his family moved to Uruguay. His father was frequently unemployed, and his mother worked in a restaurant and as a seamstress. He dropped out of art school at 12 because he was bored with copying from plaster casts of classical sculpture and became a printer's apprentice. On his own, he made posters deriding Franco and Hitler, which he signed "Chico." In 1945 he came to New York on a one-year scholarship to the Art Students League, and the next year he had a show at the Brooklyn Museum. After moving to California, he worked as a gardener and as a guard at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had an exhibition. Returning to New York, he collaborated with the adapter Glenway Wescott and the book designer Joseph Blumenthal on 12 Fables of Aesop, which was published by the Museum of Modern Art and honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the year's 50 best books. He illustrated a poem by Federico García Lorca on the brutality of Franco's police. A later political work about the Vietnam War superimposed bombsights on terror-stricken peasants. He illustrated selections from the poems of Herman Melville to comment on the Ohio National Guard's killing of students at Kent State University in 1970. For many years Mr. Frasconi, a citizen of both Uruguay and the United States, taught at Purchase College of the State University of New York. His first marriage, to Rene Farmer, ended in divorce. His second wife, Leona Pierce, a noted woodcut artist, died in 2002 after 50 years of marriage. In addition to his son Miguel, Mr. Frasconi is survived by another son, Pablo, and a granddaughter. Some of Mr. Frasconi's work was devilishly playful. His 1952 book, The World Upside Down, pictured a bull butchering a human, a man in a bird cage while a bird cavorts outside, and a sheep herding a flock of humans. A dog sleeps in bed, while a man slumbers in a doghouse on the floor. A fire hydrant is nearby, apparently in case the man needs it.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Antonio Frasconi, New York, Connecticut / Uruguay (1919-2013), Sioux-Plains, 1971 , woodcut, 29 7/8"H x 21 3/4"W (sheet)
Est: $300 - $500
Antonio Frasconi New York, Connecticut / Uruguay, (1919-2013) Sioux-Plains, 1971 woodcut Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, numbered 69/100 lower middle. From the Archives of askART: Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. "Antonio Frasconi, Woodcut Master, Dies at 93" By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: January 21, 2013 In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut. Four decades later, Art Journal called him the best of his generation. Mr. Frasconi did not reach this pinnacle by adhering to orthodoxies. He found inspiration in comic books as well as the Old Masters. He decried art education, saying the average student does not learn the pertinent questions, much less the answers. He abhorred art that dwelt on aesthetics at the expense of social problems. He repeatedly addressed war, racism and poverty, and devoted a decade to completing a series of woodcut portraits of people who were tortured and killed under a rightist military dictatorship in his home country, Uruguay, from 1973 to 1985. "A sort of anger builds in you, so you try to spill it back in your work," he said in a 1994 interview with Americas, a magazine of the Organization of American States. Mr. Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children's books won awards. In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1968 he represented Uruguay at the Venice Biennale, exhibiting prints from 20 years of work. Much of that work was done in the studio at his home in Norwalk, Conn., where the views of migrating birds and passing seasons from the window influenced his art. He built the house in 1957, and his son Miguel said he died there. Mr. Frasconi's was patient and meticulous in his art, which involves making an impression on paper from a design carved in a block of wood. Before producing a woodcut titled Sunrise — Fulton Fish Market in 1953, he spent three months wandering Lower Manhattan's wharves and the holds of fishing boats. He spent hour upon hour studying "just how a man lifts a box," he said. He then spent three weeks carving five wood blocks, each to apply a different color, as they are stamped successively on the same sheet of paper. He said the capricious nature of wood governed many artistic decisions. He loved the hands-on experience of working with wood, some of which he gathered from the beach in front of his home. "Sometimes the wood gives you a break," he told Time in 1963, "and matches your conception of the way it is grained. But often you must surrender to the grain, find the movement of the scene, the mood of the work, in the way the grain runs." Mr. Frasconi said he took up the art after being attracted to the idea of making multiple prints, in part so he could offer art to people at reasonable prices. The woodcuts of Paul Gauguin were an enormous influence, he said. Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi was born to Italian immigrant parents on April 28, 1919, in Buenos Aires; a few weeks later his family moved to Uruguay. His father was frequently unemployed, and his mother worked in a restaurant and as a seamstress. He dropped out of art school at 12 because he was bored with copying from plaster casts of classical sculpture and became a printer's apprentice. On his own, he made posters deriding Franco and Hitler, which he signed "Chico." In 1945 he came to New York on a one-year scholarship to the Art Students League, and the next year he had a show at the Brooklyn Museum. After moving to California, he worked as a gardener and as a guard at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had an exhibition. Returning to New York, he collaborated with the adapter Glenway Wescott and the book designer Joseph Blumenthal on 12 Fables of Aesop, which was published by the Museum of Modern Art and honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the year's 50 best books. He illustrated a poem by Federico García Lorca on the brutality of Franco's police. A later political work about the Vietnam War superimposed bombsights on terror-stricken peasants. He illustrated selections from the poems of Herman Melville to comment on the Ohio National Guard's killing of students at Kent State University in 1970. For many years Mr. Frasconi, a citizen of both Uruguay and the United States, taught at Purchase College of the State University of New York. His first marriage, to Rene Farmer, ended in divorce. His second wife, Leona Pierce, a noted woodcut artist, died in 2002 after 50 years of marriage. In addition to his son Miguel, Mr. Frasconi is survived by another son, Pablo, and a granddaughter. Some of Mr. Frasconi's work was devilishly playful. His 1952 book, The World Upside Down, pictured a bull butchering a human, a man in a bird cage while a bird cavorts outside, and a sheep herding a flock of humans. A dog sleeps in bed, while a man slumbers in a doghouse on the floor. A fire hydrant is nearby, apparently in case the man needs it.
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 09, 2023
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013)
Est: $100 - $200
Baltimore Self-Portrait, 1963. Woodcut on wove paper, signed and titled in pencil, from an edition of 50, with margins, in good condition, framed. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (image); 16 x 12 in. (frame)
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Aug. 25, 2023
Antonio Frasconi (IT/AR 1919-) Venice
Est: $300 - $500
Antonio Frasconi (Italian/ Argentina 1919-) Venice - Canale della Giudecca 15/30 woodblock on paper signed lower right plate - 13 x 18" 23 x 31" as framed.
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 29, 2023
GROUP 3 ARTIST ANTONIO FRASCONI PUBLICATIONS INCL SIGNED WOODCUT AND ILLUSTRATED THOREAU
Est: $300 - $500
This is a lot of three books featuring illustrations by well-listed visual artist Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan American 1919-2013). The lot includes the following: "Antonio Frasconi, Obra Grafica. 1943-1975" Museo del Grabado Latinoamericano, 1976, 9 3/4 c 7 1/2" ~A Vision of Thoreau, With his 1849 Essay: Civil Disobedience", 1965. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2" 1958 "Bestiary", a Poem by Pablo Neruda, with Woodcuts by Frasconi, including a signed woodcut print by Frasconi. 11 5/8 x 8 1/2". From the Upstate New York estate of Marshall and Kay Lee. Marshall was a well known collector of Pre-Columbian pottery and a talented and well-respected book designer in the publishing industry.
Mark Lawson Antiques, Inc.
Jul. 29, 2023
1968 SIGNED ANTONIO FRASCONI WOODCUT PRINT "SUENO" 38/200
Est: $200 - $400
This is a 1968 signed woodcut print by well-listed visual artist Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan American 1919-2013). Titled "Sueno", this print depicts a sleeping woman under an arc of the moon in phases. Signed and dated in pencil. Numbered 38/200. From the Upstate New York estate of Marshall and Kay Lee. Marshall was a well known collector of Pre-Columbian pottery and a talented and well-respected book designer in the publishing industry. The frame is 20 3/8 x 16 1/2". The sheet is 11 1/4 x 8"
Mark Lawson Antiques, Inc.
Jul. 20, 2023
Three small color etchings by Francisco Larez and Antonio Frasconi (1919 - 2013) 4"H x 2 1/4"W (sight, Self Portrait), 10 1/8"H x 7 3/8"W (frame)
Est: $200 - $300
Three small color etchings by Francisco Larez and Antonio Frasconi (1919 - 2013) Francisco Larez, (New York / Venezuela, 1936), XVII, 1970, color etching: Titled lower left, signed and dated lower right. Frasconi, Migration: Titled lower left, numbered lower middle, signed lower right. Frasconi, Self Portrait: Titled lower left, numbered lower middle, signed lower right.
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 14, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI (New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013), “Tuscany VI“, 1967., Woodcut, 22” x 34”. Framed 29.75” x 41.5”.
Est: $300 - $500
ANTONIO FRASCONI New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013 "Tuscany VI", 1967. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 16/20 in pencil lower margin.
Eldred's
Jun. 14, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI (New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013), “La Salute”, 1967., Woodcut, 21.5” x 34”. Framed 27.5” x 39.75”.
Est: $300 - $500
ANTONIO FRASCONI New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013 "La Salute", 1967. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 10/20 in pencil lower margin.
Eldred's
Jun. 14, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI (New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013), “Tuscany III”, 1966., Woodcut, 22.25” x 34”. Framed 29.5” x 41.5”.
Est: $300 - $500
ANTONIO FRASCONI New York/Connecticut/Uruguay, 1919-2013 "Tuscany III", 1966. Signed, dated, titled and numbered 14/17 in pencil lower margin.
Eldred's
May. 20, 2023
MID CENTURY ANTONIO FRASCONI EXHIBITION BOOKLETS
Est: $100 - $150
A lot of 1951 booklets for the exhibitions of Antonio Frasconi at the Weyhe Gallery, NY. A total of 8 items. Antonio Frasconi, 1919 to 2013, was an American woodcut artist and illustrator. Weyhe Gallery, established in 1919 in New York City, is an art gallery specializing in prints. Art History Collectibles, Graphic Art Prints, Antiquarian Librarian Pieces.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 20, 2023
MID CENTURY ANTONIO FRASCONI EXHIBITION BOOKLETS
Est: $100 - $150
A lot of 1950s booklets for the exhibitions of Antonio Frasconi at the Weyhe Gallery, NY. A total of 7 items. Antonio Frasconi, 1919 to 2013, was an American woodcut artist and illustrator. Weyhe Gallery, established in 1919 in New York City, is an art gallery specializing in prints. Art History Collectibles, Graphic Art Prints, Antiquarian Librarian Pieces.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 20, 2023
ORIGINAL ANTONIO FRASCONI WEYHE GALLERY POSTERS
Est: $100 - $150
A lot of 1950s original wall prints made by Antonio Frasconi for the Weyhe Gallery, NY. A total of 4 items. Antonio Frasconi, 1919 to 2013, was an American woodcut artist and illustrator. Weyhe Gallery, established in 1919 in New York City, is an art gallery specializing in prints. Art History Collectibles, Graphic Wall Art Prints, Antiquarian Librarian Pieces.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 07, 2023
A ITSHAK OFER WOODBLOCK, AN UNSIGNED ART NOUVEAU WOODBLOCK, AN ANTONIO FRASCONI WOODBLOCK, AND A LINDE WABER WOODBLOCK
Est: $100 - $800
A ITSHAK OFER WOODBLOCK, AN UNSIGNED ART NOUVEAU WOODBLOCK, AN ANTONIO FRASCONI WOODBLOCK, AND A LINDE WABER WOODBLOCK
Kimball's Auction
Apr. 27, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI (1919-2013) WOODBLOCK
Est: $50 - $1,000
Circus themed woodblock in black and red. Pencil signed lower right. In period frame. Dimensions: (Frame) H 20" x W 17", (Sight) H 12" x W 10" Condition: Age toning to paper. A few nicks to the frame.
Westport Auction
Apr. 26, 2023
ANTONIO FRASCONI (URUGUAYAN - AMERICAN, 1919-2013)
Est: $80 - $120
Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan - American, 1919-2013) The Dog and the Crocodile, 1950, Woodcut, Signed and dated in pencil lower right. The Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 30. Edition of 250 plus 10. Framed dimensions: H: 28 3/4 x W: 24 3/4 in. H: 16 W: 11 3/8 in. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email or by telephone . Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Gray's Auctioneers shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Gray's Auctioneers
Apr. 12, 2023
Antonio Frasconi Collection
Est: $300 - $400
Including one original woodcut sold by Roten Galleries depicting Walt Whitman and four artist designed pamphlets/exhibition announcements at the Weyhe Gallery in NYC. Largest 17" wd. x 22" ht. Fine art from the Collection of Madeline and Dario Covi, longtime patrons of the arts, Louisville, KY.
Caza Sikes
Apr. 12, 2023
Two American Woodcuts: Rural Scenes
Est: $400 - $600
Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan/American, 1919-2013.) Woodcut to tissue paper. No edition, possibly a unique work. Titled "Vermont #1, signed and dated to the margin. 7.5" x 13" (sight); 14" x 19" (frame). Also, R. Pope, titled "Army of East Tennessee", 18" ht. x 9.5" (framed). Fine art from the Collection of Madeline and Dario Covi, long-time patrons of the arts, Louisville, KY. Â
Caza Sikes
Mar. 05, 2023
Antonio Frasconi, Cows, Woodcut
Est: $100 - $200
Title:Cows Subject: Animals Type: Woodcut Materials: Paper Markings & Inscriptions: Signed & dated Date:1955 Maker: Antonio Frasconi (Uruguay/American, 1919-2013) Description: An abstract modernist woodcut on paper depcting cows by Dimensions: 7.5" x 13" image, 12" x 17.5" sheet. Provenance: From a Philadelphia collection.
Hoch LTD.
Feb. 17, 2023
Antonio Frasconi (ARGENTINE, 1919-13) Woodcut On Paper, "East Wind", H 8'' W 30''
Est: $300 - $500
Pencil signed and dated '48 lower right. Framed. 6" x 28".
DuMouchelles
Feb. 04, 2023
Antonio Frasconi woodcut
Est: $100 - $200
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) ''Day and Night''- woodcut, 1952, edition of 290 plus 10, The Print Club of Cleveland Special Publication for 1952, printed under supervision of the artist, before the edition of 3000 on yellow paper for the cover of the catalogue, The Work of Antonio Frasconi. 9 3/8 x 12 11/16''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 25, 2023
Antonio Frasconi "Migration 3" Woodcut on Tissue
Est: $200 - $400
Antonio Frasconi (Uruguayan/American, 1919-2013). Woodcut on tissue paper titled "Migration 3," depicting a large flock of birds, 1958. Pencil signed and dated along the lower right; titled along the lower left.
Revere Auctions
Dec. 17, 2022
Antonio Frasconi, American (1919-2013), La Guardia Civil Espanola, 1952, woodcut, 5 7/8" x 32", 6 7/8" x 33" (frame)
Est: $200 - $400
Antonio Frasconi American, (1919-2013) La Guardia Civil Espanola, 1952 woodcut Signed lower right. EX: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin. Estate of Vivian Potamkin. From the Archives of askART Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. "Antonio Frasconi, Woodcut Master, Dies at 93" By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: January 21, 2013 In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut. Four decades later, Art Journal called him the best of his generation. Mr. Frasconi did not reach this pinnacle by adhering to orthodoxies. He found inspiration in comic books as well as the Old Masters. He decried art education, saying the average student does not learn the pertinent questions, much less the answers. He abhorred art that dwelt on aesthetics at the expense of social problems. He repeatedly addressed war, racism and poverty, and devoted a decade to completing a series of woodcut portraits of people who were tortured and killed under a rightist military dictatorship in his home country, Uruguay, from 1973 to 1985. "A sort of anger builds in you, so you try to spill it back in your work," he said in a 1994 interview with Americas, a magazine of the Organization of American States. Mr. Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children's books won awards. In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1968 he represented Uruguay at the Venice Biennale, exhibiting prints from 20 years of work. Much of that work was done in the studio at his home in Norwalk, Conn., where the views of migrating birds and passing seasons from the window influenced his art. He built the house in 1957, and his son Miguel said he died there. Mr. Frasconi's was patient and meticulous in his art, which involves making an impression on paper from a design carved in a block of wood. Before producing a woodcut titled Sunrise — Fulton Fish Market in 1953, he spent three months wandering Lower Manhattan's wharves and the holds of fishing boats. He spent hour upon hour studying "just how a man lifts a box," he said. He then spent three weeks carving five wood blocks, each to apply a different color, as they are stamped successively on the same sheet of paper. He said the capricious nature of wood governed many artistic decisions. He loved the hands-on experience of working with wood, some of which he gathered from the beach in front of his home. "Sometimes the wood gives you a break," he told Time in 1963, "and matches your conception of the way it is grained. But often you must surrender to the grain, find the movement of the scene, the mood of the work, in the way the grain runs." Mr. Frasconi said he took up the art after being attracted to the idea of making multiple prints, in part so he could offer art to people at reasonable prices. The woodcuts of Paul Gauguin were an enormous influence, he said. Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi was born to Italian immigrant parents on April 28, 1919, in Buenos Aires; a few weeks later his family moved to Uruguay. His father was frequently unemployed, and his mother worked in a restaurant and as a seamstress. He dropped out of art school at 12 because he was bored with copying from plaster casts of classical sculpture and became a printer's apprentice. On his own, he made posters deriding Franco and Hitler, which he signed "Chico." In 1945 he came to New York on a one-year scholarship to the Art Students League, and the next year he had a show at the Brooklyn Museum. After moving to California, he worked as a gardener and as a guard at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had an exhibition. Returning to New York, he collaborated with the adapter Glenway Wescott and the book designer Joseph Blumenthal on 12 Fables of Aesop, which was published by the Museum of Modern Art and honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the year's 50 best books. He illustrated a poem by Federico García Lorca on the brutality of Franco's police. A later political work about the Vietnam War superimposed bombsights on terror-stricken peasants. He illustrated selections from the poems of Herman Melville to comment on the Ohio National Guard's killing of students at Kent State University in 1970. For many years Mr. Frasconi, a citizen of both Uruguay and the United States, taught at Purchase College of the State University of New York. His first marriage, to Rene Farmer, ended in divorce. His second wife, Leona Pierce, a noted woodcut artist, died in 2002 after 50 years of marriage. In addition to his son Miguel, Mr. Frasconi is survived by another son, Pablo, and a granddaughter. Some of Mr. Frasconi's work was devilishly playful. His 1952 book, The World Upside Down, pictured a bull butchering a human, a man in a bird cage while a bird cavorts outside, and a sheep herding a flock of humans. A dog sleeps in bed, while a man slumbers in a doghouse on the floor. A fire hydrant is nearby, apparently in case the man needs it.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 15, 2022
Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013): Portrait of Brecht
Est: $400 - $600
Ink and watercolor on paper, signed 'Frasconi' upper right. 32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (sheet), 43 x 33 1/2 in. (frame). Property from a Prominent Collector
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