Joy

Joy is an original artwork realized by Renzo Bussotti in 1963. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right; numbered on the lower left.

Edition of 60 prints. The artwork is from the series " Magizania " that includes 5 hand-signed lithographs representing portraits and stylized faces. The artwork is in very good conditions.

The artwork represents a blue composition with different stylized faces; the background is realized with only blue, on which some details appear in different vivid colors, providing the composition with a sense of energy and joy.

Renzo Bussotti (Florence, 1925 - Padua, 2017) was an important painter and ceramist. Since 1947, he enlivened the Italian artistic scene with an intense exhibition activity: after the first exhibition at Galleria della Colonna, in Milan, he participated in many artistic events. He participated in the International Ceramic Exhibition of Faenza, the Triennal of Milan, the Biennal of Engraving Art at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico, the Exhibition of Italian Painting in Bucarest. He also exhibited at important Italian museums and art galleries and wrote important reviews about graphic art and ceramic.