Stamperia d’Arte 2RC, Rome

Early blind stamp, entwined "2RC"

• Print workshop specializing in large-scale intaglio.

• Founded in 1959 by Valter and Eleonora Rossi and Franco Cioppi in Rome.

• Between 1962 and 1969, they collaborate with Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Giò Pomodoro, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Giulio Turcato, Giuseppe Santomaso, Piero Dorazio, Pietro Consagra, Achille Perilli, Beverly Pepper, Adolph Gottlieb and Afro.

• In the late 1960's, the shop began a working relationship with Victor Pasmore. Collaborations with other English artists, including Graham Sutherland and Henry Moore follow.

Blind stamp on a Henry Moore print, 1980

• In 1979, 2RC Stamperia opens a shop in New York. 2RC is now a global studio, with a studio in Beijing in collaboration with the Central Academy of Fine Arts (2RCCAFA).

• Other names: 2RC Editrice; 2RC Edizioni d’Arte; Vigna Antoniniana

Resources:

2RC Gallery Home

Christie's London, "BUONO DI STAMPA: Prints from the Archive of Stamperia 2RC" (2014)