Lot 174

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A pair of Mayan, pen and ink watercolors by celebrated artist Mario Cassisa (1926-Now). The first watercolor shows a sitting Mayan. The second shows two Mayan figures doing ceremonial dances. Both are matted and framed and created in 1964.

    Provenance:
  • This was acquired from the estate of the late General Manager of a large Virginia auction house.
  • Dimensions:
  • 14 in x 11 in Each
  • Artist Name:
  • MARIO CASSISA
  • Medium:
  • Pen and Ink Watercolor
  • Circa:
  • 1964
  • Notes:
  • About the Artist: Mario Cassisa was born in Palermo in 1929 and grew up during the 1950s and was influenced by the artistic atmosphere of the time. During the Post War period, New York City became the international focus for Modernism. The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 2016, at Iori Casa d'Aste in Piacenza, and the most recent auction result is a drawing-watercolor sold in 2017. Mario lived and worked in Trapani Street, Poet Calvin No.23 where he created his museum-workshop. For Cassisa, art and life are indivisible. His research method began in the 1950s when he studied with Mark Tobey. His interest in literature, anthropology, archeology are the substrata of his art. Mario Cassisa for those who did not know him, was a great multifaceted artist ranging in different artistic forms, where he was able to show his really appreciated genius from everyone. Cassisa has traveled a lot during his life to the research of art: the United States, Mexico and various European capitals, trying to make all of human history his own. Particular attention should be paid to his pictorial production, which is heavily influenced by pre-Columbian civilization, thanks to the influences received during his many trips to the Americas. These paintings have had such immense success that they have now gained a large market, consecrating Mario Cassisa as an artist with authoritative talents.
  • Condition:
  • Excellent

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