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Antonio Frasconi, artist
Uruguayan (born Argentina), 1919 -
Double page illustration on the title page in the book, Twelve Fables of Aesop ([New York: The Musem of Modern Art, 1954]), 1954
linoleum cut on Rives paper
Image: 268 x 380 mm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Sheet: 267 x 197 mm (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Gift of Irene Lagorio 1956.368.2

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author, Aesop~author, Glenway Wescott~printer, Joseph Blumenthal~publisher, Museum of Modern Art

Artist Biography: Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 28,1919. Parents had emigrated from Italy and family soon settled in Montevideo, Uruguay. Left Montevideo in April, 1945 to enroll at the Art Students League, New York.NY and live permanently in U.S.From 1973 on taught at SUNY, Purchase. Has lived in South Norwalk, Connecticut since 1957.

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1954 Art Modern Musem York New Aesop of Fables Twelve in the on illustration Lagorio Irene Gift America North States United Print paper Rives cut linoleum book bees birds scene farm title image page double Antonio Frasconi Uruguayan (born Aesop Glenway Wescott Joseph Blumenthal Museum of Modern Art 5074163106550049 A100024 1956.368.2 AFGA