ArtistsAntonio Frasconi
Antonio Frasconi

Antonio Frasconi

American, 1919
WA-00027148
PrintmakingExpressionism
Representation
None documented
23
Institutional Exhibitions
290
Works in Collection
550
Assets Indexed
2
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Committed to Print
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Artists and Writers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976–1977
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American Prints: 1913�1963
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974–1975
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Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973–1974
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American Prints from the International Program
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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Manhattan Observed
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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The Artist as His Subject
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967

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About

Why this artist matters now

Antonio Frasconi was an American printmaker and illustrator known for his bold woodcut technique, which he deployed across fine art editions, children's books, and social commentary works from the 1940s onward. His stark, high-contrast compositions often depicted urban and rural scenes, animals, and figures rendered in a modernist vocabulary rooted in the traditions of German Expressionism and Mexican muralism. Frasconi's prolific output in color and black-and-white woodcuts established him as a central figure in postwar American printmaking.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Expressionism
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Artworks (290)

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Artwork sources (5)

290 published of 547 catalogued · 203 with image
  • MoMA
    257 publishedof 514 catalogued177 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    26 published26 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    4 published
  • Whitney
    2 published
  • The Met
    1 published

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1 entries · 1 sources
  • The Dog and the Crocodile
    1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Machado, plate two from Oda a Lorca (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Machado, plate two from Oda a Lorca (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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