Featured Abstract art- comments and help

Hi all, is this a print/etching with a ink design over it? (the ink design also crosses over the border)Not sure what to think. Or maybe the whole thing is a print? I image reached the signature (but No luck) The signature looks printed? Frame size is 41cm x47cm. Thank you for any comments.

Is this etching/print no 16 I? The 66 the original date? So the whole thing is a print,right?

 

More surreal than abstract IMHO. I see a person (?) drowning/being eaten by a monster beneath the surface. I rather like it. Has a bit of a Joan Miro' feel about it Does seem to be a print of some type. Would think '66 the date.

 

So surreal then. I didn’t see any of the ‘drowning/eaten by monster’ thing (that’s quite a mouthful ) But I can now roughly see/image the stick figure. So ‘66. Thanks for commenting. I also like it (but not sure why!)

 

1966 is consistent with frame. You can open the back up. More information may be found there.

Debora

 

Does this sig match?
https://moinat.com/en/painting---mi...ate-70-avec-cadre-sans-cadre-20eme-26618.html

 

Wow,yes it does. That’s just great. Thanks so much!

 

Now how in the world did you find that?!

Debora

 

Damn , we're good !!!
YAY, houseful !

 

someone deserves a BEST ANSWER !!!!!!!

 

I don’t think I’ve ever had one!

 

I put in MBFA and MBEA and spotted the picture. Just lucky.

 

Well,thanks again. I really thought it was MBEA.

 

it's right below what I'm writing,,

 

Manuel Bea Cervera (Spanish)

 

Here's an English-language bio.

https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4673/Cervera/Manuel Bea

Debora

 

Excellent. Great to know. Many thanks

 

Appreciate it! Thank you Debora

 

Good read. Sounds like he was an interesting character and maybe a bit odd (having all those aliases) Started his working career very early.. Also nice to know that his work is in several museums.

 

Don't have a primary source for those "aliases" so can't attest to their accuracy but... They just look like variations of his first name and two surnames. Monolo Bea, Manuel Bea, and Manuel Cervera Bea. I suspect "Monolo" is a typo and the artist may have been called Manolo, a diminutive for Manuel. Bea would be his father's surname and, while normally either used alone or followed by his mother's surname Cervera, could have been accidentally transposed by someone at some point.

Debora