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Beniamino Bufano
Sleeping Wolves

1970

About the Item

This artwork titled "Sleeping Wolves" 1970 is an original color lithograph on rice paper by noted Italian/American artist Beniamino Benevenuto Bufano, 1890-1970. It is hand signed and inscribed "Bon a Tirer" in pencil by the artist. The image size is 12.35 x 11.35 inches, framed size is 25.25 x 24.75 inches. it is beautifully custom framed in a wooden black frame, with silver color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano was born in San-Fele, Italy on Oct. 14, 1889. At age three Bufano's family brought him to NYC where he spent his childhood and was educated by private tutors. He studied at the ASL in NYC from 1913-15, the pupil of James L. Fraser, Herbert Adams, and Paul Manship. He came to San Francisco in 1915 to work on a sculpture for the PPIE. For awhile he worked in the studio of coppersmith Dirk van Erp. He then traveled extensively for four years in France, Italy, India, and China. After returning to San Francisco in 1921, he remained there the rest of his life except for visits to the Orient and Europe. Always a radical, he lost his teaching position at San Francisco Institute of Art in 1923 because he was too modern for the conservative faculty. He later taught at UC Berkeley and the CCAC (1964-65). Henry Miller wrote of him, "He will outlive our civilization and probably be better known, better understood, both as a man and artist, five thousand years hence." His work, simple in style and monumental in scale, includes smoothly rounded animals in granite and icons sheathed in stainless steel. Only five feet tall, Bufano was a controversial, free spirit until his death in San Francisco on Aug. 16, 1970. Member: SFAA; NSS; American Artists Congress. Exh: Whitney Museum (NYC), 1917; Arden Gallery (NYC), 1925 (solo); Salon d'Automne (Paris), 1927; San Francisco Art Association, 1935 (1st prize); SFMA, 1935, 1936, 1937 (solos); GGIE, 1939; Calif. Academy of Sciences (SF), 1974 (solo); Oakland Museum, 1974; Museo ItaloAmericano (SF), 2000 (retrospective). Works Held: MM; Longshoreman's Union (SF); SF Int'l Airport (Peace); Mills College (Oakland); San Francisco Museum of (Modern) Art; SF City College (St Francis); Oakland Museum. The work of Bufano is held in numerous collections and museums worldwide.
  • Creator:
    Beniamino Bufano (1898 - 1970, American, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1970
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.25 in (64.14 cm)Width: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: buf/sle/wol/011stDibs: LU66635548011
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