R. Guttuso Etching on Paper Italy 1986 - Four Women 1986

Features

Artist:  Renato Guttuso (1911-1987)

Artwork title:  Quattro donne

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Human Figures

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Multiple Print

Technical specification:  Etching

Description : Quattro donne

Etching and aquatint on paper. Signed in pencil lower right; serial number 54/95 lower left. The work, created in 1986, proposes one of the most recurring themes in Renato Guttuso's production, the woman, which he always proposes in a passionate way in the tone, incisive and marked in the sign, to capture the gaze in an erotic and sensual emphasis . Inspiring muse and undisputed protagonist of many works by the artist from Bagheria was Marta Marzotto, whose features are also found in this work. They are four women and yet she is only one; they are close to each other almost touching, yet each ignores the presence of the one next to it. There is no narrative intention in Guttuso, but the women chase each other on the surface of the sheet as in a study book, notes for the great compositions on which the artist works. Therefore, as is characteristic of the studies, what interests Guttuso here is to follow the unfolding of the signs until they are recomposed in a synthesis that transforms them into a complete image. The etching delicately traces contours and internal lines that a few strokes of aquatint barely color; or play freely on the intricate masses of hair that have always been a typically and exclusively graphic element for Guttuso. The lithograph is mounted on a panel with a visible frame.

Product Condition:
Painting in good condition, it has small signs of usage.

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 97
Width: 135
Depth: 0,5