Sylvia Spicuzza

Girl Holding Cup, Ink on Paper, Framed, 20th Century, Signed

c. 1930s

In this intimate drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a young woman crouched down in a garden. The image is framed by foliage and fields of color. 3.75 x 5.25 inches, ...

Signed with estate stamp, J.V. double sided. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" art 18" x 15-1/4" frame Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...

"Girl With Flowers" is a lithograph printed in brown, signed and dated in stone upper left WJR. It depicts the head of a girl with short hair surrounded by floating flowers. 14.5" ...

This watercolor still life on paper is an unusual example of Sylvia Spicuzza's work, as most of her most significant output are geometric and biomorphic abstract images. The objects in the image - a sea shell, a pitcher, a heavy necklace - are objects the artist likely had at home and staged for the image. But of particular significance is the insertion of the artist's hand, as though she was reaching into the still life while she was painting. The hand has been a significant symbol of the artist throughout art history as a source of creation: Albrecht Dürer's 'Self Portrait at the Age of Twenty-Eight' (1500) highlights the artist's hand much like traditional images of Christ giving gestures of blessing. Likewise, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 'Self Portrait as a Soldier' (1915) shows the artist in military uniform but with a severed hand as a symbol of helplessness during the First World War. Another important comparison, given Spicuzza is a Midwestern artist, is Ivan Albright's magic realist work 'That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)' at the Art Institute of Chicago. The massive painting...

Figure of Woman is an original Modern Artwork realized by Pericle Fazzini (Grottammare, 4 May 1913 - Rome, 4 December 1987) in 1949. Original drawing in china ink on paper. Hand-...

Standing Girl is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian artist Leo Guida. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right corner: Leo Guida '70. Dated...

Woman is an original drawing in marker and Watercolor, realized by Leo Guida in the 1960s. The status of preservation Good. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident and...

Pencil drawing realized by Colette Bloch (1901-1977) in the mid-20th Century. Not signed. Very good condition.