Photo and caption by John Soltes

RUTHERFORD (June 25, 2009) — Victor Victori, a local artist known for developing the art form known as multiplism, signed autographs of his new book, “God and I,” at the Rutherford Public Library Wednesday, June 17.

Many locals lined up to meet the man whose lawn sculptures on Ridge Road are legendary and whose art runs the gamut from religious to personal, from celestial to provocative. Be it a portrait of Nancy Reagan or a sorrowful Mary praying at the agonized body of her crucified Son, Victori’s book compiles many of the classic paintings of this prolific Rutherfordian.

And in case anyone might not have known the artist by face, he wore his signature hat throughout the entire event — a hat with one simple word: Victori.