1176 - José Manuel Capuletti, Leaping Pegasus, winged horse in black and orange, mythology

José Manuel Capuletti, Leaping Pegasus, winged horse in black and orange, mythology (1925 Valladolid – 1978 Eltville am Rhein), aquatint on paper, printed in colour (single-folded A4 sheet), signed lower right, rearing winged horse in black and grey with orange wings, orange cloud zone above, dark ground bands below, condition commensurate with age, slightly soiled, upper margin slightly torn, image 16x11.5 cm (HxW), sheet size 21.5x15 cm (HxW) José Manuel Capuletti was born in Valladolid on 21 March 1925. In 1951 he settled in Paris, where he exhibited at the Galerie André Weil; later he also showed his work at the Hammer Galleries in New York. His painting combines fantastic elements of Surrealism with realistic representation and is attributed to Magic Realism; he also designed stage sets and costumes for the ballet. He died in Eltville am Rhein in 1978. Pegasos, in Latin Pegasus, is the winged horse of Greek mythology, the child of the sea god Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa, and also gives its name to a constellation.