The Mission

Umberto had compiled a series of well over 200 paintings of Providence. With these works garnering great success, he wanted to produce a set of books, showing 100 paintings in each, in the order that they were created. The cover features an embossed logo of his initials. Large, accurate color images of the paintings fill the inside, and an index of all the pieces closes out the works section of each book. The book set is contained in a black box with his initials on the front and back in charcoal gray. This painting series is ongoing.

About the Client

Umberto Crenca is an accomplished painter of fine art, a performance artist, sculptor, and musician. His work has shown in RI, CT, and Italy, and that was before he founded AS220 in 1985 where he served as Artistic Director until his retirement in 2015. His work appears in the permanent collections of Rhode Island School of Design and Newport Art Museums, as well as in numerous private collections in the US and abroad.