September 3
2026
A lush, verdant garden scene depicting a young man seated on a stone path, wearing a rust-colored sweater and light jeans with sandals, cradling something to his chest while a brown dog rests nearby. The composition is densely layered with foliage, flowering plants, and fruit-bearing trees rendered in a rich palette of greens, reds, and yellows. This etching, titled 'September 3 (2026)', debuted at the IFPDA Print Fair at Park Avenue Armory presented by David Zwirner at Booth C03, beginning April 9. The work exemplifies Fratino's intimate figurative style, blending personal narrative with lush, almost mythological garden settings.
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Work debuted at the IFPDA Print Fair at Park Avenue Armory, Booth C03, beginning Thursday, April 9. The David Zwirner booth also featured artworks by Ruth Asawa, Victor Man, Kerry James Marshall, Joan Mitchell, Elizabeth Peyton, and more. The print is framed in a natural wood frame with white mat. Instagram post from @davidzwirner verified account. Work title includes year in parentheses: 'September 3 (2026)'. Ownership status noted as 'spotted' by user.
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Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928
Twombly worked extensively in monochrome ink and charcoal on paper with gestural expressive mark making that references classical and Renaissance art history, sharing the same intimate drawing language and fluid figurative abstraction visible in this piece.
Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969
Brown creates gestural figurative works on paper that blend expressive mark making with art historical references, using charcoal and oil pastel in a similarly intimate and energetic way that bridges classical figuration and contemporary abstraction.
Henri Matisse
French · b. 1869
Matisse's monochrome ink and charcoal figure drawings share this work's quality of capturing intimate figurative subjects with minimal gestural lines on paper, combining classical portraiture sensibility with expressive economy of mark.
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