FUZ CAFORIO !! Framed Artists Proof Limited Oleographic Style Print - Wildlife - Signed by Artist

LIMITED EDITION ARTISTS PROOF - FRAMED WILDLIFE OLEOGRAPH STYLE PRINT - SIGNED IN PENCIL - SA WILDLIFE ARTIST FUZ CAFORIO

A VERY RARE ITEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS PRINT IS NOT ONLY PENCIL SIGNED BY THE ARTIST HIMSELF BUT IS ALSO AN ARTIST PROOF PRINT.

AN ARTISTS PROOF IS AN IMPRESSION OF A PRINT TAKEN IN THE PRINTMAKING PROCESS TO SEE THE CURRENT PRINTING STATE OF A PLATE WHILE THE PLATE (OR STONE, OR WOODBLOCK) IS BEING WORKED ON BY THE ARTIST.  IT IS USUALLY USED TO DESCRIBE AN IMPRESSION OF THE FINISHED WORK THAT IS IDENTICAL TO THE NUMBERED COPIES.  THE ARTISTS PROOF ITEM IS KEPT BY THE ARTIST WHILE THE NUMBERED PRINTS ARE RELEASED.  THE ARTIST WILL CHOOSE TO EITHER HOLD ON TO THE A/P INDEFINITELY OR DECIDE TO PART WITH IT.   THE ARTIST MAY KEEP MORE THAN ONE A/P OF ANY PARTICULAR WORK BUT GENERALLY NOT MANY AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED MORE RARE THAN THE NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION DUE TO THEIR UNIQUE NATURE

THIS ITEM IS AN ARTISTS PROOF WHICH DEPICTS A WILDLIFE LEOPARD PORTRAIT IN REALISTIC COLORS PORTRAYED AS STARING DIRECTLY AT THE VIEWER.  THE ANIMAL IS WATCHFUL WHILE ALSO IN A RECLINING POSITION.  

FABRIZIO CAFORIO, OR "FUZ" AS HE PREFERS TO BE CALLED, WAS BORN FROM ITALIAN PARENTAGE IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.  HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A SCULPTOR IN FLORENCE, ITALY.   FUZ HAS BEEN PAINTING FOR MORE THAN HALF OF HIS LIFE AND HAS DEVOTED THE LAST NINE YEARS OF HIS CAREER TO THE STUDY OF LARGE CATS.   HIS STYLE OF PAINTING IS DESCRIBED AS PAINTERLY REALISM, HIS MEDIUM BEING ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

THIS BEAUTIFUL ITEM IS FRAMED IN AN ATTRACTIVE DECORATIVE WOOD FRAME WHICH IS GOLD IN COLOR.  THE PRINT IS ACTUALLY SO REALISTIC THAT IT EVEN CLEARLY SHOWS THE TINY THREADS OF A CANVAS.   THE FRAME HAS A BACKBOARD AND PROTECTIVE GLASS AND IS ALREADY WIRED TO BE DISPLAYED

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : IN PENCIL BOTTOM LEFT - "A/P"  AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL BOTTOM RIGHT.   AT THE CENTER BOTTOM IS A PRINT TITLE - "LEOPARD, PANTHERA PARDUS"    BENEATH THIS IN RAISED LETTERS - "LIMITED EDITION 1990"

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :

https://www.artcurator.co.za/artists/17-fuz-caforio

https://lonehillart.com/2016/10/01/fuz-caforio-lionesses-limited-edition-print-700-x-600/

https://dainfernart.com/2016/02/24/fuz-caforio-leopards/

CONDITION : THE PRINT, FRAME ETC ARE ALL IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CRACKS, ETC

SIZE : FRAME - 46.6cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....55.7cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....2.6cm THICK

          PRINT - 23cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....31.5cm TOP TO BOTTOM

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   A Courier service is also available upon request 

                   This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 10kgs with Courier

COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEM ONCE PACKAGED