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Ignacio Valdes (1956) - 1993 Etching Salarino Y Salanio
Description
A fine 20th Century etching in dramatic monochrome, showing the two storytellers, Salarino and Salanio, from Shakespeare's "Merchant Of Venice." The artist has signed, dated, inscribed and marked as "artist's proof" at the lower edge. The print has been presented in a wide card mount. On wove.Condition
In fine condition.
Size
15.5 x 11.2cm (6.1" x 4.4")
Artist Biography
Ignacio Valdes was born in Santiago, Chile (1956), and he graduated from Universidad Católica de Chile in Fine Arts. In 1980 he was given a scholarship from Illa, in Italy. He moved to Pietrasanta, where he worked in sculpture for one year and went on to Rome for another. He moved to Paris to work in painting, spending time in the Beaux Arts, and worked in etching in the SW Hayter Studio. In 1984 he returned to Chile to work and exhibit. In 1988, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship he went to the Pratt institute in New York. In 1990 he represented Chile in the Venice Biennale, and made a solo exhibition in the Illa in Rome. Thanks to the British Council Scholarship he spent a year at the Slade School of Art in London. He has exhibited his works in many one-man exhibitions all over the world, including the Marlborough Gallery in Santiago, his representing gallery, as well as IDB bank in Washington, La Fontaine, Centre of Contemporary Art, Bahrain, and Pinacoteca of Pireas, Athens. His works are in many private as well as public collections like PEC, Singapur, IBM, Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Chile, and Primary Capital Bank, London.
| SKU | rh439 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Ignacio Valdes (1956) |
| Date | 1993 |
| Dimensions | 15.5 x 11.2cm |
| Medium | Etching |
| Style | Modernism |
| Subject | Genre Scene |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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