Yargo de Lucca (German Canadian, 1925-2008). "Canada Suite" series, 1976-1977. A wonderful trio of hand-signed and hand-numbered Inuit-inspired silkscreen prints by German Canadian artist Yargo de Lucca, presenting various forms of Canadian flora and fauna in a brilliant color palette with his signature Abstract Surrealist style. One composition features a bird of prey in profile perched upon a branch; another presents two birds, one on the ground and one in flight, with a howling coyote; finally, a lovely landscape with reeds and grasses growing on the shores of rippling inlets. Size of plates: 13.3" L x 10.5" W (33.8 cm x 26.7 cm) Size of sheets: 18.5" L x 14.5" W (47 cm x 36.8 cm)
Yargo de Lucca was born in Kassel, Germany in 1925. He studied in Frankfurt, Munich as well as the Stuttgart Academy of Art with mentor Willi Baumeister. In 1951, de Lucca moved to Canada and became a Canadian citizen. He would eventually divide his time between his studios in Alternhein am Bodensee, Switzerland and Deux Montagnes, Canada. He also lived and worked in Alicante, Spain for a time.
De Lucca's work has been collected in major museums and collections including: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art; Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal; Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec; National Gallery of Canada; Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo; Gezira Center for Modern Art; Pushkin Museum; Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Tate Gallery, London UK; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Moderna Museet; Stedelijk Museum; Museum Folkwang; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna; Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris France; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen; Vancouver Art Gallery; and Dominion Gallery Montreal.
The silkscreens are hand signed in pencil on the lower right and hand numbered in pencil on the lower left. The editions are very limited: 9/21, 1/21, and 9/23.
Provenance: private Lucille Lucas collection, Crested Butte, Colorado, USA
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Condition
All of the silkscreens are hand signed in pencil on the lower right, hand numbered in pencil on the lower left, and stamped with the artist's stamp on the versos. These are from limited editions: 9/21, 1/21, and 9/23. Images are vivid and colors are vibrant. Only very slight age wear. Pages are in overall very good condition.