Peter Passuntino 1960s Tempera on Paper Painting of Black and Pink Mask
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Peter Passuntino 1960s Tempera on Paper Painting of Black and Pink Mask

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A couple more works on paper today by Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating to the 1960s--this bold painting on paper of a face or mask, and a second more narrative sort of drawing. I find them both very full of humanity and emotion--this one making me think a bit of Picasso, and Matisse too, and very much of the sort of sorrow and search for meaning that transcends time.  13 7/8" x 10 3/4". Overall pretty good condition, with loss to lower right corner as evident and some tearing/roughness along bottom edge, which feel all of a piece with it.  Bio (courtesy MGH Discovered Art) Peter Passuntino, was born in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 18, Passuntino was selected to be in a group show at the Carnegie Institute, and at 19 he was selected for a one-man show at the Artist Guild in Chicago. From 1954 to 1958 he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, upon receiving a Fulbright Fellowship in Painting, Passuntino spent time in Paris, from 1963 to 1965. While in P

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