Richard (Richard) Anuszkiewicz (1930-2020), Spring Suite, 1979

etching, aquatint (plate imprint visible), 79x78 cm clear passe-partout, signed and numbered in handwritten pencil p.d.: ANUSZKIEWICZ 1979, l.d.: 91/95

Richard Anuszkiewicz's print depicting two squares, one superimposed on the other, is an excellent example of minimalist Op Art. The pastel composition, characterized by a slight change of color, of the outer square to the inner square, is light and subtle.

Mintage: 95 pieces, Atelier: Deli Sacilotto, Atelier Editions, Inc. New York

Anuszkiewicz is considered one of the founders of Op art. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1948-53, and then graduated from Yale University's Department of Art and Architecture with Josef Albers. At the beginning of his creative path, the artist realized a series of large painted wood objects of various shapes, directly entering the space. Thanks to few procedures, among others, by varying the thickness of vertical lines of one color, located on a contrasting, almost monochromatic background, Anuszkiewicz led to spatial radiation of color. These works, the source of which was, among others, "Temple of Golden Red," were constructed differently from his earlier abstract paintings without the use of optical illusion and its perception, typical of this direction. Anushkevich mostly uses basic geometric figures in her compositions, creating the illusion of movement of abstract images.