Made during Ferro’s tenure in Europe in 1969 while preparing his application for the Guggenheim Fellowship, which he received, completing in 1972.
Color woodcut from seven blocks, made for The Reporter, Basque Country. This magazine cover was reproduced in black and white by process plates made from original print, for Ferro’s feature in American Artist magazine in 1962. A pdf of Walter Ferro’s full artist feature in American Artist is available here.
Watercolor painting by Walter Ferro depicts a stone wall comprised of stacks slabs of rock, made onsite at Pound Ridge, in Upstate New York.
This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.
This work was among those watercolors Ferro made while in Europe to take time away to prepare for a Guggenheim Fellowship, which he received and completed in 1972.
This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972. Ferro noted in his journal: “The Rock is most successful…Rock area from previous ink pattern, added corn husk and I think it comes close to the type of landscape I want”
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.
This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972. Ferro noted in his journal: Lodestone(1004) made use of an idea I thought of while lying in bed. I used a circular magnet and a bar magnet strip, paper was placed over both and iron filings were placed on top. Then fixed and dried. Still like the idea but uncertain of overall results.”
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.
This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.
This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.
This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.
Spa in town of the same name
This painting was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.
For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.