Richard A. Florsheim - Anchored Boats

Anchored Boats

Richard A. Florsheim's original lithograph, "Anchored Boats" is a superb examination of structure, form and line where wide horizontal bands are set against the sharp vertical lines of masts and their reflections. Like much of Richard Florsheim's fine art, it analyses how form and lines determine our ways of seeing. Studying such lithographs as Anchored Boats makes us understand why Richard Florsheim is ranked as a major twentieth century American artist. This work of art is printed upon 'Rives' watermarked paper and with full margins as published in 1958. It is signed and numbered by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.

Anchored Boats

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Richard A. Florsheim (Chicago, 1916 - 1979)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Anchored Boats by the American artist, Richard A. Florsheim also known as Richard Florsheim	Original Lithograph	1958	Signed and numbered, '3/30' by Richard Florsheim in pencil along the lower margin. Catalogue #109. First and only state.
02.-		Combat by the American artist, Richard A. Florsheim also known as Richard Florsheim	Original Lithograph	1959	Signed and numbered, '6/50' by Richard Florsheim in pencil along the lower margin. Catalogue #206. First and only state	Sold
03.-		Dunes by the American artist, Richard A. Florsheim also known as Richard Florsheim	Original Lithograph	1965	Signed by Richard Florsheim in pencil along the lower margin. Catalogue #172. First and only state.
04.-		Full Moon by the American artist, Richard A. Florsheim also known as Richard Florsheim	Original Lithograph	1963	Signed by Richard Florsheim in pencil along the lower margin. Published by the Associated American Artists edition of 250 impressions.

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Title:	Anchored Boats
Artist:	Florsheim, Richard A. 'Richard Florsheim' (Chicago, 1916 - 1979)
Date:	1958
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Richard A. Florsheim 'Richard Florsheim': A prominent twentieth century American printmaker, painter, sculptor, educator and writer, Richard A. Florsheim first studied at the University of Chicago before going to New York to study at the Museum of Modern Art and at the Metropolitan Museum, under Aaron Bohrod. His education was completed in Paris at the Musee Nationale d'Art Moderne. Richard Florsheim gained international recognition in the late 1930's when he first began exhibiting his art at such major institutions as the Salon des Refuses, Paris, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art. During the following years his original prints and paintings were shown at numerous public galleries both in the United States and in Europe.
	Richard A. Florsheim was a full member of the American Graphic Artists, the Audubon Artists, the Artists Equity Association and the prestigious National Academy of Design. During his career he received such major conferments as the Art Institute of Chicago Award (1946), the Pennell Fund Award (1950) and the Library of Congress Award (1956). His original lithographs and paintings are included in numerous public museums in America, Britain, France and Germany.
	Richard Florsheim's graphic oeuvre consists of slightly under two hundred and fifty prints, the majority being in the medium of lithography. Anchored Boats is one of his largest and most impressive works of art. It is a superb examination of structure, form and line where wide horizontal bands are set against the sharp vertical lines of masts and their reflections. Like much of Richard Florsheim's fine art it is an examination of how form and lines determine our ways of seeing. Studying such lithographs as Anchored Boats makes us understand why Richard Florsheim is ranked as a major twentieth century artist.
Raisonne:	S. Iacono, The Graphic Art of Richard Florsheim, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1982.
	Catalogue #109. First and only state as published in 1958 in the limited edition of thirty impressions., numbered 3/30.
Size:	13 1/2 X 17 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $425.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon 'Rives' watermarked paper and with full margins as published in 1958. Signed and numbered, '3/30' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Containing slight matt burning in the outer margins as well as a small scratch within the image to the lower center, else in good condition throughout. Anchored Boats represents both a scarce and important original example of the famous art of Richard A. Florsheim.
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