Francisco Zúñiga 1974 Limited Edition Silkscreen on Paper "Mujer con Naranja"

Item Details

Francisco Zúñiga (Mexican; 1912-1998)
Mujer con Naranja, 1974
Silkscreen in four colors on BFK Rives paper
Numbered ‘106-300’ to lower left
Signed and dated in graphite to lower right
19.25’ W x 26.75’ H (sheet size)
Printed by Kyron, S.A., Mexico D.F.

Literature
Brewster, 19.

This edition was donated to a Pan-American housing fund for the relief and rebuilding of Nicaragua after the earthquake of 1974.

A limited edition silkscreen on brown BFK Rives paper titled Mujer con Naranja by Mexican artist Francisco Zúñiga (912-1998). Printed in 1974 by Kyron, S.A., Mexico D.F., this work is signed ‘Zga’ and dated in graphite to the lower right. An embossed Kyron stamp is marked to the lower right, and it is numbered 106 out of an edition of 300 in graphite to the lower right. Mounted on a canvas background, it is presented under glass and housed in a gesso and wood frame.

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

- some wear to edges of paper including wrinkles, small tears, and fraying; minor wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; sheet size measures approximately 19.25" W x 26.75" H.

Item #

18DCC352-932