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The Joy of Collecting: The Strishock Print Collection

Mastro-Valerio, Alessandro

Alessandro Mastro-Valerio (1887 - 1953) was an American artist who lived in Michigan. He was born in Italy and studied at the Salvator Rosa Academy in Naples. He was a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Society of American Etchers, and the Ann Arbor Art Association. He exhibited work in Chicago with the Society of Etchers and the Society of American Etchers and won prizes for his work in 1935, 1936, 1937. His work can be found at the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian. He taught at the University of Michigan.

Resource Cited:
Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, 1985

Images

In The Space

Description: A woodcut entitled "In The Space" by Alessandro Mastro-Valerio. The woodcut depicts a person sleeping in a curled position.

Date: 1944

In The Space

A woodcut entitled "In The Space" by Alessandro Mastro-Valerio. The woodcut depicts a person sleeping in a curled position. The Society of Print Collectors Original Fine Prints "In The Space" is an original wood engraving by Alessandro Mastro Valerio. This is one of his earliest prints in wood engraving and shows his thorough mastery of the medium from the beginning.

Date: 1944

Mother and Child

A woodcut entitled "Mother and Child" by Alessandro Mastro-Valerio. The woodcut depicts a nude mother resting on her side and holding her child.  5x5 wood engraving Mastro-Valerio, Alessandro - etcher, American, born in Italy, address in 1934 was Ann Arbor, Michigan. "Mother and Child" Reference: Mallett Library of Reproductions, Hackensack, N. J.