Lot n° 3
Estimation :
350 - 400
EUR
Afro (Afro Basaldella): Abstract Composition (Arte concreta, - Lot 3
Afro (Afro Basaldella): Abstract Composition (Arte concreta, Plate 2), 1949
Arte concreta, 4th folder — Milan, Salto Editore, October 1949
Original color lithograph on paper
Signed in the stone; unsigned in pencil, as published
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.
Printed in an edition of 250 numbered copies, with a text by Giulio Carlo Argan. Copy no. 152/250.
The second of two prints by Afro, created at a time when his work was gaining an international audience, even as he remained on the periphery of the Concrete Art movement.
References: Maffei, M.A.C. *Movimento Arte Concreta. L’opera editoriale*, Milan, Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004. British Museum, London, inv. 1989,0722.3.2.
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