On View
Not on viewObject number2009.25
Alhambra IV
Artist
Antonio Frasconi
(American ( b. Argentina), 1919-)
Date1962
Mediumcolor woodcut
Dimensionssheet: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)
image: 11 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (28.3 × 19.7 cm)
image: 11 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (28.3 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Collins from the Charles and Charlotte Collins Collection
Exhibition History"A Passion for Collecting: Prints of the 1960s and '70s from the Collins Collection," KIA Galleries 2&5 (Nov. 13, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011).
Label TextAntonio Frasconi presents a façade of the famous palace of the Alhambra in Spain. To create this image, the artist carved into a wood block the patterning that suggests the ornate tiling of Moorish architecture in the 13th and 14th centuries. Printed patches of bold color accentuate the decorative aspect of the architecture. Frasconi is recognized for his woodcut illustrations of nearly seventy books.
