Omar Rayo Blind Embossed Intaglio Print Titled “Pretzels”

Description: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This ad is for an Omar Rayo (1928 - 2010) Blind Embossed Intaglio Print titled “Pretzels”. About the Artist: Omar Rayo was active and lived in Colombia & Mexico. Omar Rayo is known for mod printmaking, painting, engraving and design. Omar Rayo was a renowned Colombian painter and sculptor. He was one of the leading Op Art practitioners in Latin America during the 1960-70s. In 1981, he founded, along with the Colombian government, a museum bearing his name, devoted to modern Latin American art, in his hometown of Roldanillo (near Cali). A painter, caricaturist, engraver and Colombian designer ascribed to the movement Op Art, Omar Rayo believes lines and angles form big abysses. He studied drawing for correspondence in the Academy Zier of Buenos Aires. In a tour for Colombia and Latin America, he recognized in the primitivism an authentic expression form. One of the most celebrated exhibitions is the one carried out in the National Room of the Museum of the Palace of fine arts of Mexico, titled "20 years, 100 works: Omar Rayo". In 1981 he founded in the municipality of Roldanillo (it Fences of the Cauca) the Museum Omar Rayo, possessor nowadays of one of the best collections of Latin American artists, and of the best in their work. Along their career he has carried out cartoons, engravings, and it has cultivated the pure geometric abstraction. The Schell are among the numerous prizes that he has obtained (1958), the Special of Engraving II Biennial Interamerican Mexico 1960, that of the Museum of Art of Philadelphia (1965), that of the XIX and XXI living rooms of Colombian Artists (1966 and 1970), that of the Biennial one of São Paulo (1971), among others. He has published the books Blind Knot (1974) and Recent Works (1994). The Museum of Rayo was founded on January 20, 1981 by Rayo out of his personal effort, Colombian government agencies and other supporters to establish a site and expose his works of art in his hometown of Roldanillo. The museum was designed by Mexican architect Leopoldo Goout and opened with a collection of 2,000 of Rayo's artwork and some 500 other Latin American artists' works. It contains a library, many modules for expositions, graphic arts workshop and a theater. About This Print: Artist: Omar Rayo, Colombian (1928 - 2010) Title: “PRETZELS” Year: ca. 1970s Medium: Blind-Embossed Intaglio on Heavy Arches FRANCE Paper Signed: OMAR RAYO and numbered in pencil Edition: 19/20 Size Overall: 7.5” x 11” Condition: Very Good with paper toning from age. There is tape residue and light staining on the verso, with a numbered pencil notation. Print depicts two heavily embossed Pretzels in blind relief, with one Pretzel on top of the other, upside down. Print is pencil signed and dedicated vertically on the right side To RONNIE, OMAR RAYO in addition to the print signature and numbering in the lower border. This is a great and scarce print, in an edition of only 20, by a well regarded 20th century OP ART Artist, Omar Rayo. Print comes with the original backer board, with remnants of the original gallery label. Print will be flat shipped. Please Ask Questions If Needed. Buyer To Prepay PayPal MO Or CC In U.S. Funds Only. I Will Not Ship Outside The U.S. And It’s Territories. Buyer To Add $18.18 For First Class Mail S&H In The US Only. Shipping And Payment Terms Are Not Negotiable. New York State Residents Must Add 8.75% Sales Tax. Thank You For Your Consideration.

Price: 753.18 USD

Location: Amityville, New York

End Time: 2024-10-03T21:31:31.000Z

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