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Ossorio, Alfonso A.
Other Names: Y Yangco
Male
Gallery of Selected Works
Eagle & Palette (1967)
Seed (1955)
(Title Unknown) (1935)
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Nutcracker
Artist Uploaded Images
Dunstan Thompson, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY (1942)
Beast, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY (1950)
Full Mother, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY (1951)
The Improbable Cross, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY (1955)
Here and Now, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY (1963)
Selected Documents
- Letter from Frederic E. Ossorio (artist's brother) to Robert Lee, June 25, 1991
- Article "To Paris With Love: An Ossorio Legacy" by Phyllis Braff in The New York Times, March 1, 1992
- Artist Biography
- Excerpt from article "We Count! The State of Asian Pacific America" in Artspiral, Fall 1993
- Excerpts from exhibition brochure for "Road: Alfonso Ossorio's Responses to Jackson Pollok's Death" and "Synergy: Alfonso Ossorio Jackson Pollock 1950-1951", Michael Resenfeld Gallery, 2001
- Exhibition flyer and poster for "Alfonso Ossorio: Costume Designs from the 1930s and 1940s for Ballet and Greek Tragedies", Ossorio Foundation, 1999
- Exhibition flyer for "Alfonso Ossorio Drawings, 1940-48: The Anatomy of a Surrealist Sensibility", Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992
- Review "The Surreal Thing" in The New Yorker, October 12, 1992
- Exhibition flyer for "Milieu: Part II 1945-1965", Asian American Arts Centre, 1997
- Exhibition press release for "Milieu: Part II 1945-1965", Asian American Arts Centre, 1997
- Exhibition press release for "We Count! The State of Asian Pacific America", Tweed Gallery, 1993
- Exhibition brochure for "We Count! The State of Asian Pacific America", Tweed Gallery, 1993
Other Links
- Wikipedia Entry
- Ossorio Interview with Forrest Selvig
- Alfonso Ossorio at Sullivan Goss
- WorldCat Identities Bibliography
- Ossorio Foundation
- Alfonso Ossorio at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
View artist folder list at Asian American Arts Centre