Adam Wurtz

Letter to my Grandmother

Adam Wurtz's original etching and engraving, "Letter to my Grandmother" is printed upon fine archival paper with the 'Arches' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the small edition of only twenty five impressions by the Pratt Graphics Center in 1985. It is signed and dated in the plate"Wurtz A.:1985. XI 25. N.Y.", and signed "A. Wurtz", titled "Letter to my Grandmother", and numbered, '2/25' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Adam Wurtz's art contains strong elements of both Surrealism and Primitivism and is particularly evident in this etching. "Letter to my Grandmother" is a fine original example of the twentieth century graphic art created the Hungarian artist, Adam Wurtz. In this original work of art, Adam Wurtz depicts a montage of surreal imagery dealing with his childhood home in Tamasi and a letter to his grandmother. The upper portion of the etching is dominated by strange faces, a bizarre hooked fish floating above a house grouped along with an owl, an angel, an envelope posted to his Grandmother in Tamasi, Hungary from his New York address and various other fantastic mechanisms. Central to the imagery is the actual letter. Behind it a man holds a star in his fingers.

Letter to my Grandmother

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Adam Wurtz (Tam si, Hungary, 1927 - Budapest, 1994)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher	Notes
01-		Dream by Adam Wurtz	Original Etching and Engraving	1985	Pratt Graphics Center, New York	Signed and dated in the plate"Wurtz A.:1985. XI 25. N.Y.", and signed "A. Wurtz", titled "Dream", and numbered, '2/25' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.
02.-		Halloween by Adam Wurtz	Original Etching and Engraving	1985	Pratt Graphics Center, New York	Signed and dated in the plate"Wurtz A.:1985. XI 25. N.Y.", and signed "A. Wurtz", titled "Halloween", and numbered, '2/25' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.
03.-		Letter to my Grandmother by Adam Wurtz	Original Etching and Engraving	1985	Pratt Graphics Center, New York	Signed and dated in the plate"Wurtz A.:1985. XI 25. N.Y.", and signed "A. Wurtz", titled "Letter to my Grandmother", and numbered, '2/25' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.
04.-		Message by Adam Wurtz	Original Etching and Engraving	1985	Pratt Graphics Center, New York	Signed and dated in the plate"Wurtz A.:1985. XI 25. N.Y.", and signed "A. Wurtz", titled, "Message", and numbered, '2/25' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.

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Title:	Letter to my Grandmother
Artist:	Wurtz, Adam (Tam si, Hungary, 1927 - Budapest, 1994)
Date:	1985
Medium:	Original Etching and Engraving
Publisher:	Pratt Graphics Center, New York
Note:	Adam Wurtz: A twentieth century Hungarian painter, illustrator and printmaker, Adam Wurtz studied art under the Hungarian artists, Hincz Gyula, Bortnyik Sandor, Por Bertalan, and Charles Koffan, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary. After Wurtz graduated around 1853, he continued his studies abroad. Wurtz exhibited his art in Hungary, Japan, Russia, Romania, Vienna, the United States, and elsewhere. This Adam Wurtz etching and engraving entitled, "Letter to my Grandmother" hails from his mid 1880's New York period. Awards received during his artistic career include, the Munkacsy Prize (1957-1966, 1970), Biennial Golden Pen of Beigrade (1968), Summer Exhibition Award, Szeged (1967), Artist of Merit in the international Commission Andersen Award IBBY (1986), and others. He was a member of the Creative Union of Artists and Engravers. During his career, Adam Wurtz also illustrated a number of books, such as, "The Giant from the Little Island" (New York, 1970), "Marti Grunbarts Abenteuer" (Budapest, 1974), Peter Brenner, "The Tears that Saved a Town: A Story" (London, 1975) Miklos Vamos, "Zenga Zenek" (Budapest (1983), Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth" (Berlin, 1979) and many other fine illustrated books. His original art is today included in the following collections; Princeton University Library, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Gutenberg Museum, Germany the Hermitage, Russia, the Puschkin Museum, Russia, the LaGuardia Community College, New York, and Miscolci Galeria, Hungary, as well as many other important private and public institutions.
	The art of Adam Wurtz contains strong elements of both Surrealism and Primitivism. This is evident in this original etching entitled, "Letter to my Grandmother". It hails from a portfolio of four large etchings created by the artist at the Pratt Graphics Center, New York, in November, 1985. Each etching was published in a limited, signed edition of only twenty-five impressions. Generally these etchings explore the artist's fantasies and emotions in relation to his dual experiences in New York and Hungary.
	In this original work of art, Adam Wurtz depicts a montage of surreal imagery dealing with his childhood home in Tamasi (Tam si) and a letter to his grandmother. The upper portion of the etching is dominated by strange faces, a bizarre hooked fish floating above a house grouped along with an owl, an angel, an envelope posted to his Grandmother in Tamasi, Hungary from his New York address and various other fantastic mechanisms. Central to the imagery is the actual letter. Behind it a man holds a star in his fingers. "Letter to my Grandmother" is surely a striking, original example of the modern art created by the 20th century Hungarian artist, Adam Wurtz.
Edition:	Limited edition of twenty five signed impressions, numbered 2/25.
Size:	11 3/4 x 8 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $365.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine archival paper with the 'Arches' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published by the Pratt Graphics Center in 1985. A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Signed and dated in the plate "Wurtz A.:1985. XI 25. N.Y.", and signed, titled and numbered, '2/25' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Letter to my Grandmother represents a prime, original example of the twentieth century Hungarian art of Adam Wurtz.
Subject:	Adam Wurtz, twentieth century Hungarian painter, illustrator and printmaker, Tamasi, Hungary, Pratt Graphics Center, New York.
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