MIXED MEDIA NUDE DRAWING ~ ZDRAVKO DUCMELIC ~ LISTED ARTIST CROATIA-ARGENTINA

Description

ARTIST:  ZDRAVKO DUCMELIC  (1923-1989) Croatia/Argentina
ITEM:
Beautiful original nude figure study of a young woman who may or may not be with child.
MEDIUM:
Mixed media on textured paper.
SIZE:
This item is framed under glass.  Overall framed dimensions are 26” x 20”.  Sight measurements are 19” x 13”.
SIGNATURE:
Lower right “Ducmelic”.
CONDITION:
We sell all items in as found condition.  We have not examined this work outside of the frame.  However, it appears to be in good + original condition with no signs of foxing, holes, tears or historical repairs.  Please note that the photograph of the framed painting is showing some glare from the non-glare glass.  This is a lovely item and displays wonderfully.  The photographs really do not do justice to this painting.
OTHER:
The artist is famous and may be referenced in Davenport’s Art Reference Price Guide where a mixed media sales price of ,800.00 (13” x 9”) is shown.  He may also be referenced at AskArt.com and ArtNet.com where a 7-6-10 sale of a mixed media work by the artist is listed at ,400.00.  We warrantee the authenticity of this item.
The following biography was found on the internet at Croatian Art by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995):
“Zdravko Ducmelic (1923-1989), outstanding Croatian artist born in Vinkovci, studied painting in Zagreb, Rome and Madrid (Real Academia de San Fernando), and in 1949 emigrated to Argentina. From 1963 to 1966 he was director of Escuela Superior de Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
Ducmelic masterfully illustrated a famous book "Laberintos", written by Jorge Luis Borges (Ed. De Arte Gaglianone, Buenos Aires, 1983), with his surreal, quasi-metaphysical works (...el pintor preferido de Borges).
He also made various portraites of Borges that were exhibited in 1987. In 1980 Ducmelic has been invited by Argentienan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) to realize expositions of his works in several museums in Japan: in Tokio, Kyoto, Aomori and Kamatura.
He also had exhibitions in Panama, Peru (Lima), Chile (Santiago), Mexico, Cuba (Habana), Canada (Ottawa) and China (Bejing). In 1983 he had exhibitions in his homeland, in Zagreb and Rijeka. For more information see El Golem and Arroyo.
An interview with Ducmelic in Croatian has been published in Hrvatska revija:Razgovor sa Z. Ducmelicem. Hrvatska revija. 38 (1988) 4. - 651-668.  One of his works of art has been bought by H. Kissinger (Hrvatska revija. 32 (1982) 1, p. 129.).”
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