Mauricio Lasansky (Argentinian/American, 1914-2012), Kaddish #1

Etching, engraving, soft ground, aquatint, electric stippler, scraping and burnishing on two plates, 1976, pencil signed, titled, and numbered lower right, framed.

Platemarks (together) 44 1/8 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 51 3/4 x 31 in.

Mauricio Lasansky was an Argentine-born American artist who significantly advanced the field of intaglio printmaking and founded the printmaking program at the University of Iowa. His series titled The Nazi Drawings (1961–66), a powerful response to the atrocities of the Holocaust, is considered a landmark in 20th-century American Art. Lasansky’s work is held in major museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and others.

Excellent condition and strong, vibrant colors; not examined out of frame; some light frame wear.