Walter Valentini (1928) - PUNTO PRIMO





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Walter Valentini’s *Punto Primo* (1973) is a hand-signed, limited-edition colour etching and aquatint, numbered 34/100.
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A historic 1973 color etching and aquatint by Walter Valentini, with beautiful gradations of black.
Punto primo, 1973.
Etching and aquatint.
Sheet size: 61 x 50 cm.
Magnani Pescia paper.
Edition of 100 + XX.
Printed by Stamperia Posterula, Urbino.
Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker, internationally recognized in the fields of graphic art and printmaking.
He was a master of techniques such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, multicolor lithography, and intaglio printing.
He received numerous awards and participated in many exhibitions: the 1st Biennale of Contemporary Italian Engraving in Venice in 1955; the International Biennials of Ibiza and Listowel; the 1984 International Biennial of Kraków; the International Biennial of Ljubljana in 1984 and 1989; the 47th Venice Biennale; and the 1999 Rome Quadriennale.
A historic 1973 color etching and aquatint by Walter Valentini, with beautiful gradations of black.
Punto primo, 1973.
Etching and aquatint.
Sheet size: 61 x 50 cm.
Magnani Pescia paper.
Edition of 100 + XX.
Printed by Stamperia Posterula, Urbino.
Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker, internationally recognized in the fields of graphic art and printmaking.
He was a master of techniques such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, multicolor lithography, and intaglio printing.
He received numerous awards and participated in many exhibitions: the 1st Biennale of Contemporary Italian Engraving in Venice in 1955; the International Biennials of Ibiza and Listowel; the 1984 International Biennial of Kraków; the International Biennial of Ljubljana in 1984 and 1989; the 47th Venice Biennale; and the 1999 Rome Quadriennale.

