Original woodcut print by the important Greek engraver Tassos Alevizos (“Tassos”), one of the leading figures of 20th-century Greek printmaking and modern Greek art.
This striking black-and-white composition exemplifies Tassos’s distinctive visual language, characterized by powerful graphic contrasts, rhythmic carving, and emotionally charged human faces. The work depicts a concentrated crowd or audience whose calm yet commanding presence evokes themes of unity, collective identity, dignity, and shared experience—central ideas throughout the artist’s oeuvre.
Created during the mature period of the artist’s career, likely in the 1970s, the print demonstrates the strength and refinement for which Tassos became internationally recognized. The expressive treatment of faces and the sculptural quality of the black-and-white forms are among the artist’s most admired and recognizable motifs.
Tassos (Anastasios Alevizos, 1914–1985) is regarded as one of the masters of Greek woodcut engraving. Deeply influenced by the social and political realities of modern Greece, his works frequently focus on ordinary people, labor, resistance, memory, and collective humanity. His engravings are represented in important museum and public collections, including the National Gallery in Athens.
An excellent collectible for:
Collectors of Greek modern art
Expressionist and modernist print enthusiasts
Mid-century European printmaking collections
Black-and-white graphic art collectors
Museum-quality interior decoration
Admirers of socially engaged art
Details
Artist: Tassos (Anastasios Alevizos, 1914–1985)
Medium: Woodcut print on paper
Period: 1970s
Style: Modernist / Expressionist
Subject: Crowd / audience composition
Image dimensions: approx. 31 × 21.5 cm
Frame dimensions: approx. 50 × 43 cm
Presentation: Vintage wooden frame under glass
Ready to hang
Condition
Very good vintage condition.
The print is well preserved with light age-related wear. The frame shows minor wear consistent with age and use. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.
Shipping
The artwork will be carefully packed with protective materials and shipped with tracking to ensure safe delivery.
A rare and highly decorative example of postwar Greek printmaking by one of Greece’s most important engravers.
