Penetrating 10 x 13 woodcut print of Albert Einstein by Antonio Frasconi, showing the celebrated physicist in a front-facing close-up pose, signed and dated in the lower right in pencil, "A. Frasconi, 52." Matted to an overall size of 14 x 19. In fine condition.
Antonio Frasconi (1919–2013) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1948, he migrated to the United States. His first exhibition in the States was at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Within twelve months, there was another exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He received several artist grants, including the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952. Frasconi continued to illustrate several children's books and worked as a cartoonist. He is today considered an important representative of American printmaking in the 20th century, especially known for his numerous woodcuts.
He completed this portrait of Einstein in 1952, three years before Einstein’s death, as a commission for the Princeton Print Club.
