ALDO LUONGO Rare PROOF Hand SIGNED The Beach Huge Original Vintage Screenprint

  

Artist: ALDO LUONGO Argentinian, b. Title: "By the Beach" - 1989. Medium: Original Serigraph / Silkscreen / Screenprint on Arches Paper.

Signature: Hand Signed by the Artist in pencil, LR. Edition: Rare Proof Kept by the Artist, designated "AP" Limited Edition, LL. 28 x 36 inches; 71 x 91 cm.

Publisher: Park West & Martin Lawrence Galleries. Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. Aldo Luongo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian heritage. Since as far back as he can remember, Luongo had two great passions: art and soccer. Shortly after his graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Luongo came to the U.

To play professional soccer for the New York Generals. After his athletic career was cut short due to an injury, he arrived in New York City with a dream to pursue his artwork full time. In the 70's, he had his first major success with multiple reproductions of his black & white drawings. Aldo had put himself on the map as a major international artist. Aldo Luongo has continued his reign at the top of the contemporary art world for almost four decades - a distinction that puts him in a class of his own.

He has received numerous awards and honors, including being named a 3-time official Olympic Artist (Summer 1988, Summer 1996, and Winter 2002); an official World Cup Artist (1998); an official U. Women's World Cup Artist (1999); and the 1999 Sports Artist of the Year U.

He also has twice been chosen to paint eggs for the White House Easter Egg Hunt which now reside in the Smithsonian Institute.