Title: |
Family |
Artist: |
Evergood, Philip Howard Francis Dixon 'Philip Evergood' (New York City, 1901 - 1973) |
Date: |
1965 |
Medium: |
Original Color Lithograph |
Note: |
Philip Evergood 'Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood': A major figure in twentieth
century American art, Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood was an accomplished
painter, etcher, lithographer, sculptor, illustrator and writer. From 1918
to 1920, Evergood studied at Cambridge University in England. He then concentrated
upon the fine arts at the Slade School, London (1920 to 1923), the Art Students
League of New York (1923 to 1925) and at the Academie Julien in Paris. Evergood's
first one man exhibition was held in New York in 1927. |
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From the beginning, Evergood established himself as a leading artist
of social criticism. As an illustrator for both Time and Fortune magazines
his social art was appreciated by millions during the 1930's. This led
to many commissions and awards for Evergood, including prizes from the
Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute, the Corcoran Gallery
and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. One scholar writes,
“Jack Levine, Philip Evergood and Ben Shahn were the leading
painters of the thirties whose work combined biting social comment
with a distinctive personal vision. They were - and are - 'protest
artists', but they are not social realists. Each evolved a unique artistic
statement.” *
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Although he had experimented with etching and lithography as early as
the 1920's, Philip Evergood did not begin to devote himself on a large scale to
original printmaking until after 1945. At this time he studied printmaking
techniques at the famous New York studio of Stanley William Hayter. During
the following twenty-five years he produced many major works of art in
both lithography and etching. |
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Family is a prime example of Evergood's lithographic art from the final
decade. During this time the artist's social comment grew subtler and less
biting and his examination of the human condition broadened. Family was
published in New York in 1965. This particular impression is a proof and
is annotated by Philip Evergood along the lower margin, “Artists Proof (n
n) 14, 2 color litho. 'Family'.” |
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Philip Evergood was a full member of the Art Students League of New York
and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His original prints and
paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Tate Gallery,
London, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum,
the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
Edition: |
Artist Proof Impression #14 |
Reference: |
* Ralph E. Sikes, The Indignant Eye: The Artist as Social
Critic, Boston, Beacon Press, 1976, pp. 355 & 356. |
Size: |
21 X 14 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Price: $625.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon hand-made paper and with full deckled margins as published
in New York in 1965. Signed and dated by Evergood in the image and signed
and annotated by him in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed
color impression and in very good condition throughout. This original impression
of Family represents a striking example of the famous art of Philip Evergood. |
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