Two Figures - Original Etching by Luciano Minguzzi - Late 20th Century Late 20th Century

Image 29.5 x 24 cm. Two Figures is an original etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Luciano Minguzzi, the artwork is hand-signed, numbered by the artist in pencil on the lower, edition of 38/70. Sheet dimension: 61.5 x 45 cm. Image dimension: 29.5 x 24 cm. In very good condition. This contemporary piece representing the two semi-abstracted figures twisted together, in an embrace with strong lines and intense black which had made the feeling of love through the strength of a firm and heavy position of the body and strong fingers drawn in an expressionistic style in which two figures are in a hug made with the master's touch. Luciano Minguzzi ( 1911-2004) Italian artist and scolptor, medalist, he was inspired by modern artists as Arturo Martini, Marino Marini, and Giacomo Manzù. In post-war period he built the monument to the Partisan for his hometown, located at Porta Lame, in the area where an epic battle between Nazis and Fascists took place in 1944. The work of two figures of young people - one of whom was an army - captured in a moment of great naturalness, was forged with cast bronze by the equestrian statue of Benito Mussolini (work by Giuseppe Graziosi) located inside the current ''Renato Dall'Ara'' Stadium, on the theme related to the war, but with a changed style with more dramatic and expressionist tones, in the fifties he created the series of sculptures inspired by the theme of the men of the Lager and the unknown and anonymous victims, obtaining in 1953 the third prize in the competition for the ''Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner'' held by the Tate Gallery (London).