Artist Francisco Zuniga received his first lessons in sculpture in the workshop of his father, a religious sculptor in San Jose, Costa Rica. He became interested in pre-Hispanic work at an early age, and when in his twenties, he moved to Mexico City. He studied during the 1930s at La Esmeralda Art Institute under the tutelage of some of the most prominent artists of Mexico's rich artistic culture. He would later teach there for over three decades. Known mainly for his large sculptures of peasant women, he also produced many true-to-life paintings and lithographs of similar subjects.
During the course of his career, artist Francisco Zuniga's 35 public sculptures, along with his other works, garnered international awards. His body of work earned the Premio Nacional, Mexico's highest cultural award, in 1992. Francisco Zuniga's paintings and prints are found in museums world-wide. Buy international figural prints online or at auction.
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Impressions of Egypt Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph Poster Image Size: 20 x 14 inches Size: 31 in. x 23 in. (78.74 cm x 58.42 cm)
Very rare original lithograph by the famous artist Francisco Zuniga. Medium: Lithograph on paper. Signature: Hand signed by the artist. Edition: 13/46. Condition: Very good. There is one of these on 1stDibbs right now for $1687.00. This is your opportunity. Francisco Zuniga 1912-1998 - Internationally acclaimed sculptor and printmaker Francisco Zuñiga was born in Costa Rica. He studied drawing, stone sculpture, and engraving at the School of Fine Arts in San Jose. Later, in 1936, he studied stone carving at La Esmeralda in Mexico City. Zuniga's art reflects a love and respect for Central American people and traditions. As a complement to his emotionally powerful sculpture, Zuniga's prints articulate the sensitivity and sensuality of the human figure. He has been the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards. His work is exhibited frequently in prominent galleries throughout the world and may be found in the permanent collections of twenty-nine museums. Timeless art! Rare and a great investment!!
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: La Senal Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 135 Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm)
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Seated Pair Year: 1964 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r. Size: 15.5 in. x 25 in. (39.37 cm x 63.5 cm) Frame Size: 24 x 33 inches
MEXIKANISCHE ORANGENVERKÄUFERIN (VENDEDOR DE NARANJAS), 1971 Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier. 48 x 63 cm. Unten rechts signiert und datiert. Verso mit altem Galerieetikett. Hinter Glas gerahmt. Vor einer durch raffinierte Schattierung angedeuteten Wand sitzt eine für Zuñiga ganz typische weibliche Gestalt von massivem Körperbau in weißem Gewand. Vor ihr ein in der Sonne hell leuchtendes weißes Tuch, das im scharfen Kontrast zu den vier darauf goldgelb, leuchtenden Orangen steht. Provenienz: Galerie Tasende Contemporary Art, Acapulco, Mexiko. Heritage Auction, 22. September 2018, Nr. 63740. Kunstbesitz, Frankreich. Literatur: Ariel Zuniga, Francisco Zuniga Catalogo Razonado, Dibujos no incluidos en volumenes impresos, Bd. V, Abb. unter Nr. 4428. (1430172) (13)
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA (1912-1998) Desnudo de Victoria de pie 1963 bronze on painted wood base, signed, numbered, and dated 'Zúñiga IV/V 1963' height without base 16 1/4in (41.2cm); width 5 1/2in (13.9cm); depth 6 3/8in (16.1cm)
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA (1912-1998) Tres Mujeres Sentadas 1967 charcoal, pastel and watercolor on paper, signed and dated (lower left) 19 1/4 x 25 1/4in (48.8 x 64.1cm)
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA (1912-1998) Dos Mujeres Sentadas 1967 charcoal, pastel and watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower right 19 1/4 x 25in (48.8 x 63.5cm)
Francisco Zuniga Lithograph circa 1981 58/100. Artwork Measaures 29 1/2 inches high x 22 inches wide. Total Framed Measures 37 inches high x 29 inches wide. JK/B17
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: El Rebozo Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph, signed, numbered and dated in pencil Edition: 135 Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm)
Francisco Zúñiga Mexican, (1912 - 1998) Tres Mujeres de Pie II (Three Women Standing, II), 1983 lithograph, edition 30 of 135 editioned lower left (faint): 30/135 signed and dated lower left (faint) printer's chop lower right printed by Kyron, S.A., Mexico City published by Brewster Editions, New York
FRANCISCO ZÚÑIGA (1912 - 1998) Mujer sentada. Pastel and watercolor on thick wove paper, 1969. 268x347 mm; 10½x13⅝ inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower left. Provenance Private collection, Michigan. Literature Francisco Zúñiga (1912-1998) Catalogue Raisonné Drawings, #4329A (1969) [online].
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Brewster Gallery Exhibition Poster Year: 1975 Medium: Poster, signed and dated in pencil Size: 34 x 20 in. (86.36 x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 36 x 22.25 inches
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Muchacha en una Silla Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 135, AP 15, 1 PP Size: 23 in. x 17 in. (58.42 cm x 43.18 cm) Printer: Kyron Press, Mexico Publisher: Brewster Editions Reference: Brewster 85
Francisco Zuniga (Costa Rican/Mexican, 1912-1998) "La Calera" [The Lime Seller] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1977, signed, dated, and numbered edition "IV/VI" to reverse, mounted on a black marble base. Overall: 12" H x 8" W x 8" D. Provenance: From a Rye, New York Estate. Keywords: Statue, Figural, Figurative, Kneeling figure, Seated Woman, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Manner of Francisco Zúñiga (Mexican, 1912-1998) Mujer Desnuda Sentada Bronze sculpture with brown patina, 1966 Signed with spurious signature Zuniga, editioned IV/V and dated along outer side of right thigh. Property of a Great Falls, Virginia Collector
After Francisco Zuniga "Madre con Nino de Pie" [Standing Mother with Child] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, bearing signature, date "1965", numbered edition "I/VI", and marks for Moises del Aguila Foundry "c. M. BL. AGUILA" to reverse. 21.25" H x 8" W x 6.25" D. Provenance: From the Upper East Side Apartment of a Former Ambassador. Keywords: Statue, Bronzier, Social Realism, Figural Group, Figurative, Motherhood, Maternity, 20th Century Art, Mid-Century, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts
Francisco Zúñiga (1912-1998), Costa Rican/Mexican UNTITLED (SEATED WOMAN), 1975 chalk on paper signed and dated lower right 19 x 24.8 in — 48.3 x 63 cm Estimate: $800—1,200 CAD
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Hombres con Barca II (State II) Year: 1984 Medium: Lithograph on Gray Rives BFK Paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 40 Size: 24.5 in. x 34.5 in. (62.23 cm x 87.63 cm) Printer: American Atelier, NY Publisher: Brewster Editions, NY Reference: Brewster 100
Rare Limited Edition original Lithograph on Wove paper "Quattro Mujeres de Pic". Circa 1979. Limited Edition XX/XXX. Hand signed and dated. Overall framed 26" x 32 1/2".
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Untitled (Figure Study) Year: 1974 Medium: Crayon and Pastel on Tobacco Paper Size: 18 x 25 in. (45.72 x 63.5 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 29 inches Description: Francisco Zuniga often sketched isolated and intimate figure studies of nude women. This mixed media piece is made from crayon and pastel on tobacco paper. It is nicely framed and features provenance information on the verso of the frame.
After Francisco Zúñiga, Mexican (1912-1998) Bronze Sculpture "Desnudo De Cuclillas", (Crouching Nude). Crouching full-figured female nude with her arms around one knee in a rich brown patina. Signed and numbered "Zuniga 3/8" mounted on a black marble plinth. Figure measures: 11-7/8" H, 13" W, 13" D, base measures: 2" H, 12-5/8" W, 9-3/4" D. Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $2000.00 - $3000.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party.
Francisco Zuniga Mexican, 1912-1998 Mujer Con Canasto (Woman with Basket) (B. 48) lithograph in colors 1979; ed. PA IV/XII (an artist's proof outside of the edition of 125); hand-signed, dated, and numbered lower right, printed by Kyron, S.A. and with their blindstamp lower right, published by Brewster Editions, NY
Francisco Zuniga Mexican, b. Costa Rica, (1912 - 1998) Impression of Egypt Suite, plate 1,1982 lithograph Pencil signed and dated lower left. Edition 53/90. Includes book, Zuniga, Galeria de Arte Misrachi-Mexico. Biography from RoGallery: Internationally acclaimed sculptor and printmaker Francisco Zuñiga was born in Costa Rica. He studied drawing, stone sculpture, and engraving at the School of Fine Arts in San Jose. Later, in 1936, he studied stone carving at La Esmeralda in Mexico City. He was appointed to the faculty of La Esmeralda where he remained until his retirement in 1970. Zuniga's art reflects a love and respect for Central American people and traditions. In 1972, he created his first lithograph. As a complement to his emotionally powerful sculpture, Zuniga's prints articulate the sensitivity and sensuality of the human figure. He has been the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards. His work is exhibited frequently in prominent galleries throughout the world and may be found in the permanent collections of twenty-nine museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, and the Phoenix Art Museum. In 1936, Francisco Zuniga left San Jose, Costa Rica, where he had studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts and worked as an assistant in his father's studio, a workshop which produced religious sculpture for the churches and convents in and around the city. His destination was Mexico City. It was from there that he would begin an illustrious career as a sculptor and draftsman. Zuñiga's exploration into the nuances of volume, in line and space, are demonstrated in this, the most complete exhibition of his work to be shown in more than a decade. Mexico City in 1936 was, even then, one of the major art centers of the Americas. As such it witnessed and participated in many of the frenzied and controversial art movements which reflected the political and intellectual climate of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Muralism, the graphic arts, the incorporation of in-ternational movements had produced an artistic climate, which would eventually attract to Mexico international artists and intellectuals such as Sergei Eisenstein, André Breton and Antonin Artaud. Then as now, Mexico City was a major world capital with the infrastructure necessary to exhibit and expose new aesthetic concepts. For all these reasons it was the most obvious destination of choice for Zuñiga. In Mexico he worked with the painter Manuel Rodríguez Lozano, and would become one of the founders of La Esmeralda, the National School of Painting and Sculpture, teaching there between 1938 and 1970. Zuniga also fulfilled commissions for numerous public monuments, but between 1960 and 1980, he began to work exclusively on his studio projects. At the time of his death in 1998, his work would be part of major museum collections internationally. Zuniga's signature sculptures, massive female figures sculpted in onyx or cast in bronze, emphasize an ongoing exploration of figurative representation in Western Art. In Juchitecas en Conversación (1985) a standing female figure with crossed arms faces two figures seated on a bench. The figure closest to her rests her hand on a water jug fully facing the first, while the third, body half turned toward the group, gestures toward them with her left arm. The elongated heads and necks are in direct contrast to the full, earthy bodies of all three. In posture and gesture these figures, with their monumental mass and volume, suggest a relationship of community and of union between women, a theme basic to Zuñiga. Other elements catch the eye: the water jug, the dress. The presence of these elements has often been a reason for categorizing Zuñiga's work as an example of regional representation, i.e. archetypes of indigenous women. Yet in focusing on the posture, gesture and composition in this work and others, Zuñiga is utilizing a juxtaposition of classical sculptural language with indigenous models. You might feel tempted to focus on the appearance of the model, but you should not overlook the stance, the composition, the regal allusion to the classical Western tradition. This issue becomes even more evident in the pastel and charcoal Dos Mujeres de Pie (1977). Two nudes stand slightly off center from each other and face to face. We see before us the full front and full back view of two women. Full-figured, even corpulent, they are full-hipped with legs and feet firmly planted on the earth. In Juchitecas en Conversación (1985) a standing female figure with crossed arms faces two figures seated on a bench. The figure closest to her rests her hand on a water jug fully facing the first, while the third, body half turned toward the group, gestures toward them with her left arm. The elongated heads and necks are in direct contrast to the full, earthy bodies of all three. In posture and gesture these figures, with their monumental mass and volume, suggest a relationship of community and of union between women, a theme basic to Zuñiga. Other elements catch the eye: the water jug, the dress. The presence of these elements has often been a reason for categorizing Zuniga's work as an example of regional representation, i.e. archetypes of indigenous women. Yet in focusing on the posture, gesture and composition in this work and others, Zuñiga is utilizing a juxtaposition of classical sculptural language with indigenous models. You might feel tempted to focus on the appearance of the model, but you should not overlook the stance, the composition, the regal allusion to the classical Western tradition. This issue becomes even more evident in the pastel and charcoal Dos Mujeres de Pie (1977). Two nudes stand slightly off center from each other and face to face. We see before us the full front and full back view of two women. Full-figured, even corpulent, they are full-hipped with legs and feet firmly planted on the earth.
Mexican, 1912 - 1998 Estudio de Vieja con Rebozo, 1975 Signed Zga and dated 1975 (lr) Crayon and pastel on tobacco paper 25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (64.8 x 50.2cm) This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalog Raisonne V (Framed 37 x 29 3/4 inches) The paper has lightened at prior mat opening. Pinholes at corners.
Mexican, 1912 - 1998 Untitled (Nude), 1966 Signed Zga 1966 (lr) Crayon and pencil on paper Sight 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (49.5 x 64.7cm) (Framed 28 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches) The drawing is in good condition. The sheet is toned near center bottom edge. There are pinhole marks on all four corners of the sheet. The sheet is slightly loose in the frame. Not examined out of the frame.
