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Richard Anuszkiewicz
The Paris Review, signed and numbered 1960s Op Art geometric abstraction print 

1965

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Richard Anuszkiewicz The Paris Review, 1965 Silkscreen on Beckett 90 lb. Hi-White paper with vellum finish 31 × 26 inches Edition 23/150 Signed lower left; dated and numbered lower right recto in pencil Unframed This striking Op Art screenprint is by Richard Anuszkiewicz, a protege of Josef Albers at the Yale University School of Art and considered one of the founders of the Op Art movement in the United States. It was created in 1965, one of the most influential periods in the Op Art movement, around the time that Anuszkiewicz was featured on the cover of Life magazine. The work was part of a series of prints created over the years by renowned artists. This screenprint was printed by Steve Poleskie of Chiron Press. This piece is fully referenced in the catalogue Richard Anuszkiewicz Prints and Multiples 1964-79 by David Brooks and Gene Baro. More about Richard Anuszkiewicz: "I'm interested in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry. Geometry and color represent to me an idealized classical place that's very clear and very pure." -Richard Anuskiewicz Richard Anuszkiewicz received his bachelor’s degree from Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio in 1953. He studied at Yale University School of Art and Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut from 1953 to 1955, where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts. His works were included in the seminal 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art and along with Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley; he was considered a pioneer of the Optical Art Movement. Life magazine called him “The New Wizard of Op.” While Anuszkiewicz is known for his important developments as an Op Artist, his paintings also call fourth other associations; mainly the rigorous color theory of his mentor Josef Albers. Anuszkiewicz activates the space around his vividly chromatic squares with diagonals radiating lines to suggest volumes of depth. His paintings explore the optical properties of color; challenging the eye of each viewer while investigating formal, structural and color effects His work is included in many important public and private collections including The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, The Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO, Detroit Institute of Art, Denver, CO, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
  • Creator:
    Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1965
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
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  • Condition:
    A bright, dazzling impression in very good condition. Unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745214041412
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