Print, Josep Pla-Narbona, INCOMUNICACIÓN Y LIBIDO, 1971

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Print, Josep Pla-Narbona, INCOMUNICACIÓN Y LIBIDO, 1971

Print
Signed by the artist (pencil)
Sheet dimensions 40/29
Unframed

Josep Pla-Narbona was born in Barcelona in 1928 and died in 2020. He was a Spanish graphic artist, illustrator, painter and sculptor. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts and the Conservatory of the Artistic Book in Barcelona. In 1956, he spent two years at Publicité R.L. Dupuy in Paris, where he had the opportunity to meet Raymond Savignac. He returned to Barcelona in 1958 to establish his own studio. In 1960 and 1961, he received the Sant Jordi Prize awarded by the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc for drawing and painting. He was appointed professor of Visual Advertising Arts at the Massana School. He was also one of the founders and the first chairman of Grafistas Agrupación FAD, now known as ADG-FAD. In 1962, Pla-Narbona studied typographic techniques in Switzerland and collaborated with the Adolf Wirz advertising agency in Zurich. He also produced a series of lithographs for ARTA in Zurich. Admitted to AGI in 1964, he was its first member and chairman in Spain. Pla-Narbona’s designs and prints were exhibited in Europe and America, including at the First International Poster Exhibition of the Warsaw Biennale, during the inauguration of Lincoln Center, and at the American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York. In 1972, some of his works were added to the MoMA collection. In 1976, he received first prize at the 18th International Drawing Competition of Fundació Ynglada-Guillot in Barcelona. From 1977 onwards, he focused mainly on fine arts (printmaking, painting and design). He received the Honor Laus 2000 from ADG-FAD, the Design Award in 2001 from AEPD (Asociación Española de Profesionales del Diseño), and the 2004 Spanish National Design Award. He later received the Ilustrad’Or 2011 award from the Association of Professional Illustrators of Catalonia and the Gold Medal of the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc in Barcelona in 2012. In 2019, he received the Cross of Sant Jordi for his pioneering approach to art.

The work is in original vintage condition.