Description: A Signed & Dated Black & White Lithograph Print Titled, “Chinatown Lion Festival, S. F., 1939” by A. Sottosanti. A wonderful drawing of a Chinese woman and her child with a street scene of Chinatown in San Francisco. There is a dancer with a traditional Chinese lion head. Biography of Sottosanti below. At one time, an assistant to Diego Rivera. The paper has browned a little from age. Good condition with one flaw. There was a small 1/8” PUNCTURE TEAR in the awning at lower right. There was NO LOSS OF PAPER. I am a commercial artist and have REPAIRED & RETOUCHED the tear. Luckily, it was in a good spot. I supported it in the back only, with ARCHIVAL repair tape. I have included before & after photos of the repair. It looks even better without the harsh light I used to photograph it. PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS. Sold AS IS. Paper: 9 1/2” x 14 5/8”. Image: 7 5/8” x 11 3/8”. Signed in Pencil. On light weight paper. Carefully shipped FLAT with boards. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING will be sent through eBay Global Shipping Program and any additional charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Also, any Import Duties, Taxes, and related charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost, and are the buyer’s responsibility. Check your country’s customs office for information before buying. ————————————————————— Angelo Anthony Sottosanti was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 1917. His art education began at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and the Art Students League, in NYC. He also attended the Da Vinci School (NYC). In 1938 he worked on subway murals for the New York arm of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The following year he toured Mexico on a motorcycle with a sidecar full of art supplies, inspired by Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco. While in Mexico he painted the countryside and the people he met on his travels down to Tehuantepec. In 1940, Sottosanti's paintings were accepted and exhibited at the Fine Arts Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) on Treasure Island in San Francisco. While there he also worked for Diego Rivera, grinding and mixing color for his fresco mural in the "Art in Action" section of the exposition. In 1941, Sottosanti, like many other New Deal artists, took up residence in the famous "Monkey Block" building in San Francisco. In the 1940s and 1950s, he held solo exhibits at the Palace of Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Crocker Museum in Sacramento as well as in many San Francisco galleries. His subjects include women, Mexican scenes, musicians and Chinatown, in all media. Sottosanti died in Davis, California in 2004.
Price: 125 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2025-02-11T17:50:44.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Sottosanti
Type: Print
Theme: Festival
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Chinatown
