Oliver Gagliani "untitled (Door with Ivy)"

Signed recto, and blind stamped recto "Oliver Gagliani"; also blind stamped recto left "archival print" with the number 4 written in the stamp. Cornered to the original backing board, with Oliver Gagliani signature and "1977" written in pencil. Overmatted, with Oliver Gagliani signature in pencil lower right. Stamped verso:"PRINT 4 of 1st PRINTING/ PRINT 4 of 11." Oliver Gagliani (1917-2002) studied at the San Francisco Art Institute under Ansel Adams and Minor White, and received his M.F.A. from California College of Arts and Crafts. He went on to teach at several Bay Area universities, and also conducted numerous private workshops. He was a well-respected teacher, fondly remembered by his students. Oliver Gagliani was a founding member of the Visual Dialogue Foundation in the Bay Area in the mid-1970s. He had one-person expositions at museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Santa Barbara Museum, and the Oakland Museum of California. His work has been included in expositions at the Whitney Museum, New York, and most recently at the M. H. De Young Museum, San Francisco.

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