MAX GUNTHER Original Mid-Century PENCIL-SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Giotto Campanile 14/75 For Sale

Artist:MAX GUNTHER (Swiss, 1934 - 1974)Title: \"HOMAGE TO GIOTTO\" - TheGiotto Campanile of the Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy- 1963Medium: Original 4-Color Lithograph printed from stone(s) on ivory Arches Wove paperSignature: Hand-Signed by the Artist in graphite and also dated \" `63\" by the Artist, LREdition: Very Limited Edition of only 75 impressions; this one numbered \"14/75\" in pencil, LLSize: 25 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches (sheet)Printer /Publisher:Andrew Stasik LithographyReference: University of North Dakota Art Collections Repository no. 455Notes:From the Sylvan Cole estate;Sylvan & Lillian Cole Collection no. 291Provenance:Art & Design Study Collection of UCLA, Hatay Stratton Fine ArtAbout the Artist:Born in Zurich in 1934, he studied in Paris, France and lived in Scandinavia, and London, England before he went to Italy. He toured the U.S. in 1962, in connection with his first exhibits here. This important & influentialSwiss artist is an expressionist and abstract impressionist.He exhibited in the U.S.A. (starting in 1962) and is even better known in Europe and in Rome he is represented by Gallery 88.His subjects are cities, luminous, rainwashed, and mystical, and more specifically on famous sites and structures of World Heritage Sites, capturing the very essence of the cities, countries and cultures these Heritage Sites represent. His compositions are alive with people, sometimes merely suggested with a few deft lines and sometimes left only to the viewer\'s imagination, but always alive and vibrant. His universal appeal is attested to by the speed with which his works disappear into the hands of collectors both novice and sophisticated, In Europe and America. His works have been saleed at Sotheby\'s and Christies.Max Gunther lived in Rome, where he died in 1974.