The Fire
Mario PrassinosWW-1936-119283
1936·Etching on ivory wove paper·Image/plate: 60.5 × 42.4 cm (23 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 76 × 57 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1936
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 60.5 × 42.4 cm (23 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 76 × 57 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Mario Prassinos
Artist
Mario Prassinos
Printmaking
Mario Prassinos was a French painter and printmaker whose postwar practice combined figurative and abstract elements within a distinctly Mediterranean sensibility. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a visual language that engaged with classical form while maintaining a modern, gestural approach. Active from the 1940s onward, Prassinos contributed to the renewal of French painting in the immediate postwar period.
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- Mario Prassinos
- Year
- 1936
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 60.5 × 42.4 cm (23 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 76 × 57 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1936-119283
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified