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Conrad Marca-Relli, S/N Lithograph, Abstract #1471827

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Conrad Marca-Relli, S/N Lithograph, Abstract #1471827
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Artist: Marca-Relli, Conrad

Title: Villa Nueve

Year: 1982

Medium: Lithograph in colors on Somerset

Edition: 250

Paper Size: 27" X 22"



CONRAD MARCA-RELLI (1913-2000 )




Although Conrad Marca-Relli began his artistic career as a painter, he is recognized as one of the American masters of collage and part of the first generation of abstract expressionism. Self-taught, except for a brief stint at Cooper Union in New York City, he has exhibited often in New York City, Europe and Latin America.



Marca-Relli was born in Boston of Italian parents. From 1935 to 1938, he worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. He spent four years in the army before settling in New York City. Although he traveled in Europe, the United States and Mexico, his frequent trips to Italy had the greatest effect on his early paintings.



Marca-Relli's early cityscapes, still lifes, circus themes and architectural motifs are reminiscent of Italian surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico. The subdued palette and architectural starkness of these paintings create a sense of loneliness and emptiness typical of the surrealists.



Marca-Relli's monumental-scale collage works combine oil painting and collage, with materials sometimes consisting of vinyl plastics and cut-out aluminum.



His collage paintings of the early 1950s are characterized by abstract or suggested figures, reclining or seated. These early works of canvas and pigment were created by ...
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<tr><td>Condition:excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1982</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:27</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:22</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Conrad Marca-Relli, S/N Lithograph, Abstract</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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