Ana Rosa Marcos De Ycaza Modernist Etching Signed, 1950, 3 x 3" image size, 10 x 6 1/2" overall.
Born in New York City to a prestigious family from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Ana Rosa Marcos de Ycaza explored surrealist imagery as a member of Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17 iGroup n 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.”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. Marcos de Ycaza also modeled during this period, and there are fashion spreads.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.

10 x 7 x 1 in

10 lb