Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015
Compositional Study No. III, 1974
Etching on paper
34 1/4 x 29 x 1 1/8 in.
87 x 73.7 x 2.9 cm
87 x 73.7 x 2.9 cm
34 of 35
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A graphic abstract composition with a central portrait of a woman in profile. Etching on Arches paper. Edition #34/35. Impression: Our World Volume Description: Portfolio presentation of seven etched prints from Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop by artists Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor, Norman Lewis, Vincent Smith, and John Wilson. Includes introduction by Romare Bearden and essay by Edmund B. Gaither, special consultant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Director, Museum, National Center of Afro-American Artists. Made by the Printmaking Workshop, New York City, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1974. (Moroquain, Inc. (portfolio cover), Haber Typographers, Inc. and Franklin Photo-Lettering (typography), and Lautrec Litho Portfolio (7 prints and 7 leaves of text), etching with aquatint (prints), and lithograph (text).
Provenance
Swann Auction 2303Exhibitions
"Afrocosmologies", Wadsworth Atheneum. Dates: 19/10/2019-20/01/2020. Location: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. "Tangible Spirit", Art Center at Orange. Dates: 07/02/2019-28/03/2019. Location: Orange County Virginia Arts Center. Link: https://www.blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2019/02/07/tangible-spirit-petrucci-family-foundation-co "Charles White: Influences", Rockland Center for the Arts. Dates: 02/04/2022-11/06/2022. Location: Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA). Link: https://rocklandartcenter.org/roca/current-exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions.html "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: 28/01/2017-18/06/2017. Location: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Link: https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/constructing-identity/Publications
Berrisford Boothe, Moe Brooker, Brian Ferriso, James G. Petrucci, (2017), "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art", Portland Art Museum – Constructing Identity, Catalog, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Gretchen DykstraRelated artists
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