Francisco Zúñiga Offset Lithrograph Portfolio

Item Details

Francisco Zúñiga (Mexican, 1912-1998)
Untitled (seated figure), 1973
Offset lithograph on paper
Signed to the lower left
Includes printed biography of Zúñiga

Born in San José, Costa Rica, Francisco Zúñiga began his earliest training by carving religious subjects and at the age of fifteen, entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes in San José, where he would take up a rigorous curriculum. There, he learned above all—discipline and spent hours working until his assignments were to his satisfaction. Barely twenty-one, Zúñiga, began to work in wood, stone and as a printer and designer. By 1936, the young artist traveled to Mexico where he enrolled in La Esmeralda School. There, he became acquainted with the work of Brancusi, Maillol and Moore. By 1938, the artist had begun teaching at the school. It is in Mexico that the artist achieved his international stature and by the end of the 1940s, his work was recognized by private and institutional collectors in Mexico but also in Europe. Throughout the 1960s and into his later years, Zúñiga received numerous honors and accolades and in 1980, was named Honorary Member of the Italian Academy of Art.

Condition

- minor abrasions to the surface of the portfolio; significant toning and discoloration to the print.

Dimensions

- measures the portfolio.

Item #

ITMG776025