Frasconi, Antonio (American, Born Uruguay, 1919-2013) VEDUTI DI VENEZIA. Color Woodcuts, 1969. Edition of 25. Signed by the artist and numbered "6' on the Colophon, and further signed in pencil on one of the woodcuts. Quarto (14 x 10 1/4 inches), Clamshell box in cloth covered paper specially marbeld by the artist, containing 12 fascicles or folders. Two fascicles are the Title and the Colophon; ten fasicles house 12 woodcut prints, of whch 2 are double page spreads measuring 13 x 19 inches, one of which, "Isola di San Giorgio, is singed in pencil; the others are variously sized and tipped to the folder. Each folder is printed with the title or titles of the prints it contains. All of the prints have tissue guards. The woodcuts were printed by the artist on Japanese Hosho and Goyu papers, and tipped to Rives Mouldmade paper. The box was made at the Moroquain Bindery in New York.
The views are:1. Canale della Giudecca (double page), 2. Basilica San Marco, 3. Piazetta San Marco, 4. Palzzo Ducale, 5. Palazzo Ducale, 6. Isola di San Giorgio (signed double page), 7. Bacino San Marco, 8. Basilica della Salute, 9. Palazzo Dario, 10. Ponte di Rialto
The views are:1. Canale della Giudecca (double page), 2. Basilica San Marco, 3. Piazetta San Marco, 4. Palzzo Ducale, 5. Palazzo Ducale, 6. Isola di San Giorgio (signed double page), 7. Bacino San Marco, 8. Basilica della Salute, 9. Palazzo Dario, 10. Ponte di Rialto
