black and white print with image of a highly stylized peacock in profile view facing to the right; black background with gradated moon in URC; six plant like shapes run vertically along left section of image; white band runs horizontally along bottom of image; peacock is decorated in various abstract patterns consisting of circles and teardrop shapes

%C2%A9 Mario Avati %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York

Peacock, 1959

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This proud creature is out for an evening walk. Mario Avati, a master of the mezzotint technique, renders the bird’s colorful feathers as an intricate pattern of black and white.

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Title
Peacock
Artist Life
(born Monaco), 1921–2009
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2016.112.2
Provenance
The artist’s estate, Paris; his wife; Muriel Sterne, (her sister), Minnetonka, MN
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black and white print with image of a highly stylized peacock in profile view facing to the right; black background with gradated moon in URC; six plant like shapes run vertically along left section of image; white band runs horizontally along bottom of image; peacock is decorated in various abstract patterns consisting of circles and teardrop shapes

© Mario Avati / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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