Summary: Original lithograph titled, ‘Hope’ by listed Croatian Canadian artist Anton Cetín, circa 1981.
“Rich in signs and symbols… Cetín’s work is a celebration – of the universe and of infinity, of love and myths, inspiration and remembering. Of Nature. For Cetín art civilizes and humanizes. The artist deals with spiritual truth. He creates because he has no alternative.”
Dimensions: 15 ¼” High x 12 ¾” Wide (Sight) / 21 ¾” High x 19 ¾” Wide (Framed)
Markings: signed in pencil lower right margin, “A. Cetín”; numbered and titled in margin lower left, ‘15/65 “Hope”’
Condition: Vintage, Very Good Condition. For Accuracy Only: there are some fox spots at the edges and margins, the image itself being largely clean, bright and unaffected – framed and Ready for Display.
Artist Biography: Anton Cetin (b. 1936) Bojana, Croatia, moved to Paris, France (1966-1968); moved to Toronto, Canada in 1967. EDUCATION: School of Applied Arts, Department of Painting, Zagreb (1959-1964); Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb (1959-1964); WORK: Illustrator for various publishing houses, Zagreb; Illustrator J. M. Rabec, Paris; Illustrator Publishing House Larousse, Paris. SHOWS: 160 solo exhibitions & 200 group exhibitions globally; Museum of Arts & Craft, Zagreb (1986). MONOGRAPHS: Deluxe Life & Work of Anton Cetin 1955-1986 (1986); Circulo del Arte, Barcelona, Spain (2001); Life & Work of Anton Cetin 1951-2004, Zagreb (2004). AWARDS: Canadian Croatin Art Association (1986); The Order of Croatia Danica (1995); Order of Croatian Interlace (1995); Exceptional Contribution in the field of Arts & Culture, Mare Nostrum Croaticum (2001).
