Virgona, Hank (American, 1929-2019). STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLES. Watercolor and charcoal and paper. Signed. 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches, framed to 17 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches. In excellent condition.Virgona began as a commercial artist, but in the late ’60 he began to concentrate on still-lifes in which the objects became metaphors for his feelings. Since the early ’70s, Virgona has had over 30 one-man exhibitions in the United States. He has received many awards and purchase prizes from The National Academy of Design, NY; The National Art Club, NY; Print Magazine, “Twelve Best of the Year”; and Pratt Graphic Center, NY, among others. Virgona received a grant from the Kantor Platt Foundation and awarded The Perennial Wisdom Medal (gold medal.) (From the Hank Virgona website).Virgona's work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of the City of New York, NY; New York Public Library, NY; Wichita Museum of Art, KS; Skidmore College Print Collection, Saratoga Springs, NY; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Collections, MA; and others.
