May 22, 2018 - Sale 2479

Sale 2479 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ARTHUR LUIZ PIZA
Caleidoscopio III.

Color aquatint, etching and embossing, 1972. 472x340 mm; 18 3/4x13 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered 132/200 in pencil, lower margin. A superb impresion.

Born in São Paulo in 1928, Piza began his artistic training in 1943 with Antonio Gomide. After participating in the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art Biennial, Piza moved to Paris and frequented the studio of Johnny Friedlaender, from whom he learned metal engraving techniques. Later he dedicated himself to watercolor and collage. He has had solo exhibits in Brazil and in several other countries such as Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the United States.