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A framed limited edition intaglio etching with aquatint by the great optical artist, Richard Anuszkiewicz, entitled Autumn Suite (Purple with Red). This piece was created in 1979 and is signed by the artist in pencil, lower right and numbered by the artist in pencil, lower left. Printed by Deli Sacilotto, Atelier Editions, Inc. New York City.

Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930 - ) who was a student of Josef Albers, shares Albers' fascination with shapes and their relationships to color. Considered a major force in the Op Art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric configurations. Each of his prints has its own rhythm and therefore, its own energy as part of a lyrical composition. He has won many awards and has been a frequent exhibitor in museums throughout the world. His work is included in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Fogg Museum of Harvard University in Cambridge, and the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In 1964, Life magazine called him "The New Wizard of Op." More recently, while reflecting on a New York City gallery show of Anuszkiewicz's from 2000, the New York Times art critic Holland Cotter described Anuszkiewicz's paintings by stating, "The drama -- and that feels like the right word -- is in the subtle chemistry of complementary colors, which makes the geometry glow as if light were leaking out from behind it." Anuszkiewicz has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Florence Biennale and Documenta, and in permanent collections internationally.