Cavalier Rouge - The Red Rider. by Marino Marini, 1901-1980

Marino Marini, 1901-1980
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Cavalier Rouge - The Red Rider.

Original lithograph in colours. 1953. Signed in pencil. Numbered in pencil (25) from the edition of 65 (there were also 5 proofs). Printed at the studio of Kratz, Zurich 1953. Issued by Klipstein and Kornfeld, Bern 1953.
Ref: Guastalla - Marini Opera Grafica no L 46

Excellent impression with strong colours. On cream wove Zerkall paper. Generally excellent condition; the slightest signs of old mounting at the extreme outer sheet edges. With margins. Image: 25 5/8 x 20ins. (650x510mm).

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This lithograph is one of the major works from the early period of Marini?s interest in colour lithography as a medium at the beginning of the 1950?s. The form is very powerfully expressed, with the bold contrast of the red figure against the black of the horse. Perhaps most striking of all is the richness of the textures. It was this ability to work the ink on the surface of the stone with brush, pen or finger, creating swirling variations of tone, which was one of the features which most attracted Marini to working in lithography. He felt that it allowed him to give a totally different feeling to his ?Horse and Rider? themes from anything that was possible in painting or drawing.

The motif of ?Horse and Rider? is the central image of his art. He used it in an infinite variety of forms to explore the relationship between man and nature, sometimes in harmony sometimes in conflict.