
Alfonso Ossorio: Masterworks from the Collection of the Robert U. Ossorio Foundation
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This is an accompanying catalog of the exhibition 'Alfonso Ossorio: Masterworks from the Collection of the Robert U. Ossorio Foundation' at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in 2007. It includes sixteen extraordinary works from the 1950s and 1960s by Alfonso Ossorio (1916 - 1990).
A dancer, patron of the arts, and founder of the Manhattan School of Ballet, Robert U. Ossorio (1923-1996) - the sixth of eight Ossorio brothers - assembled one of the most impressive private collections of Alfonso's art. Highlights from his collection include three monumental abstractions from the 1950s: Beachcomber(1953), The Improbable Cross (1955), and Act of Faith/Auto da Fé (1956). Also on view are five congregations, including Searcher (1963). Established as a lasting memory to Robert Ossorio after his death in 1996, the Robert U. Ossorio Foundation exists to ensure the artistic legacy of his brother Alfonso. Includes a foreword by Frederick E. Ossorio Jr, and introduction by Fogg Art Museum Curator of Modern Art, Harry Cooper.
A dancer, patron of the arts, and founder of the Manhattan School of Ballet, Robert U. Ossorio (1923-1996) - the sixth of eight Ossorio brothers - assembled one of the most impressive private collections of Alfonso's art. Highlights from his collection include three monumental abstractions from the 1950s: Beachcomber(1953), The Improbable Cross (1955), and Act of Faith/Auto da Fé (1956). Also on view are five congregations, including Searcher (1963). Established as a lasting memory to Robert Ossorio after his death in 1996, the Robert U. Ossorio Foundation exists to ensure the artistic legacy of his brother Alfonso. Includes a foreword by Frederick E. Ossorio Jr, and introduction by Fogg Art Museum Curator of Modern Art, Harry Cooper.
Publisher:
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, USA
Publication Date:
2007
Format:
Hardcover / 11.25 x 8.75 inches / 68 pages / Color
Language:
English
ISBN: 1-930416-41-5