Capraro, "El Capitano" Vintage AAA print, pencil signed

Capraro, “El Capitano”, AAA print, pencil signed

Artist: Capraro
Year: 1968
Title: “El Capitano”
Medium: color etching
Dimensions: image: 12 x8 ¾ in. paper: 16 ½ x 12 ½ in.
Signature: pencil (lower right)
Edition Size: Limited edition 250
Paper: heavy, cream wove
Condition: good, some toning, no foxing and stains
Publisher: AAA
Retail Price: $350.00 US

This print is from the series "Commedia dell'Arte"

Vincent Capraro on a brochure for the suite he did for AAA:

Former Marine Captain, basketball star, and movie actor, Vincent Capraro has long been fascinated by the world of the Italian theatre.  Born in New York City, Capraro went to City College and studied at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts.  During the 1950s he spent five years in Rome attending the Academy of Rome and the Meschini Institute of Fine Arts.  It was at this time he developed his on-going involvement with the bizarre characters and antics of the Commedia dell'Arte.

In addition to one-man shows in New York, Capraro has exhibited at the Venice Biennale (at the invitation of the Italian Government); American Artists in Europe Exhibition in Bordighera, where he received an Honorable Mention Prize; and in shows of the American Federation of the Arts and National Arts Club in this country.  His work was shown throughout the United States with the traveling exhibition of the Vincent Price Collection.  Capraro has executed many portraits, including that of the Metropolitan Opera star, Robert Merrill, and Lincoln Center architect Edward Durell Stone.  His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Rome, and numerous public and private collections.

Associated American Artists (AAA) Publishers
Smithsonian Museum from their exhibition 150 Years of Print Collecting honors AAA's history with the following statement: "Beyond an interest in historical Americana, 20th-century print collectors have sought the works of living artists, images that reflect social issues, regionalism, realism, and abstraction. The popularity of etchings increased dramatically during the 1880s and again in the 1920s, and original prints came into many homes through collectors' club exchanges and exhibitions. Literature for collectors appeared, including periodicals designed to educate wider audiences. Associated American Artists, founded in 1934, aggressively marketed current prints through department stores, exhibitions, and gallery sales, and by mail order. These changes in production and marketing methods indicate the 20th-century growth of art as an industry."

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