Vintage Modern Abstract Atelier 17 American Ecuador woman artist Ana Rosa De Ycaza, Ana Rosa Marcos De Ycaza, American/Ecaudor, etching, SLR and dated 1950, "from sketch of deers at the Bronx Zoo, 3/3, burin and some scrapings".14 x 10 3/4", 17 x 14" sheet. This is one of a set of six of the same image but the first 3 is a different are a different proof and the next 3 are the edition of 3 of this image. This was done during her time at Atelier 17, Stanley William Hayter's school. See etchings by Norma Morgan in the sale. She was also at Atelier 17 at the same time.

Ana Rosa de Ycaza is an artist born in 1915 was affiliated with Atelier 17 a studio that attracted the likes of Mark Rothko, Salvador Dali, Joan Míro, William de Kooning, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Motherwell and countless others. Ana Rosa’s etching contains on the back her hand-written notes glued onto then-current New York
Born in New York City to a prestigious family from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Ana Rosa Marcos de Ycaza explored surrealist imagery as a member of Atelier 17 in the second half of the 1940s. Although de Ycaza remains almost completely unknown today, Hayter, who was never overgenerous with praise, wrote that de Ycaza “had something promising, really important” and was “one of the most talented people we had.”1 In A Tinieba, 1948, included in the Atelier 17 group show at Grace Borgenicht Gallery in 1951, de Ycaza combined aquatint, etching and softground etching to create a vision of a mysterious, large-headed figure emerging from a shadowy background. She made about twenty unique images during her time at the studio, all of which explored the contrasts of black and white.2 Marcos de Ycaza also modeled during this period, and there are fashion spreads.3 Her trajectory before and after Atelier 17 are unclear. She was in the United States as a result of her husband’s diplomatic position (Ramon de Ycaza was the Consul-General of Ecuador in San Francisco), and it is possible the couple returned to Ecuador for some time, though De Ycaza ultimately lived in New York City where she died in 2013.

17 x 13 in

10 lb