Title: |
People |
Artist: |
Gentle Rattner, Esther (New York, 1905 - 1998) |
Date: |
c. 1975 |
Medium: |
Original Lithograph Printed in Colours |
Note: |
Esther Gentle Rattner 'Esther Gentle': A fine New York City sculptor, painter
and printmaker, Esther Gentle studied art at the Art Students League of
New York. Her first exhibited works of art were representational in nature,
but by the end of the Second World War she emerged as one of New York's
leading abstractionists. In this regard, she was partly influenced by
the famous abstract painter, Abraham Rattner (1895-1978), whom she married
at this time. Even in these early years, however, her much more sculptural
style departed noticeably from the imagery of her husband. |
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During the 1950's, Esther Gentle was important not only
as an artist of the New York scene but as a gallery director. The Esther
Gentle Gallery opened in Manhattan in 1951. Among its more important shows
was a 1954 one man exhibition of the watercolours and paintings of her
friend, the author, Henry Miller. |
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During the 1960's and 1970's, Esther Gentle's art was exhibited
throughout the United States. At this time as well she received several
commissions from the prestigious Associated American Artists for her original
prints. The Associated American Artists may have published People. |
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Today the largest collection of Esther Gentle's sculptures, lithographs
and silk-screens is found at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St.
Petersburg, Florida. People is an outstanding original example of her
lithographic art. |
Edition: |
Limited Edition of One Hundred impressions, Numbered 62/100 |
Size: |
28 X 20 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Price: $395.00 US |
Condition: |
People is printed upon pure rag paper and with full,
deckled margins as published in the limited edition of 100 impressions
in New York around 1975. Signed and numbered '62/100' by the artist in
pencil along the lower margin. This original lithograph is in excellent
condition throughout. People represents a prime, original example
of the art of Esther Gentle Rattner. |
Subject: |
Esther Gentle, People, original lithograph, New York abstractionists,
Abraham Rattner, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. |
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