Mario Bedini (1936 - 2011) - Figuras en Tránsito

Mario Bedini
Italian artist (1936 – 2011).

Title of the work: Figures in Transit
(Attributed descriptive title; the work has no original title, a common circumstance in autographs proofs).

Year of creation: 1970
Print date: circa 1970 (no difference noted between creation and printing).

Technique: Original print / artistic lithography. Original graphic work, not reproduction.

Edition: Artist's Proof (A.P.).
Copy outside the commercial edition, produced in a very small number.

Signature and numbering:
Hand-signed in pencil at the bottom right.
Marked A.P. with pencil at the bottom left.

Support / paper:
Arches art board (Arches France), high-quality paper for graphic art, internationally recognized and standard in professional printmaking and lithography editions.

Dimensions:
• Overall size (board): 76 × 57 cm
• Image dimensions (plate): 39 × 32 cm

Provenance: Private collection; has occasionally been exhibited at some galleries.

Documentation:
. The authorship is guaranteed by the artist's original signature and the technical characteristics of the work.

Condition:
Very good. Clean paper, no tears or visible restorations. Slight normal handling marks consistent with age. The photographs are an essential part of the description.

Context note:
Artist's Proofs (A.P.) are especially valued in graphic art for their scarcity and for representing impressions reserved to the artist, which increases their interest for collectors of contemporary Italian graphic works.

It will be shipped rolled correctly to preserve the work.