Erika Kahn (Erika Fluss Kahn)

Las Casitas

Erika Kahn's original aquatint & etching with embossing, "Las Casitas", was created in her California studio between 1985 and 1987 and published the following year. Printed upon three large sheets of paper this particular impression is an artist proof, as it is annotated, "A/P B", by the artist on the verso. Subtle tones and textures of black, brown and gold are found within "Las Casitas". Embossed patterns (blind printing) emerge from the lower, white areas. It is a prime, original example of the landscape art created by the American artist, Erika Fluss Kahn.

Original Aquatint & Etching with Embossing on Three Large Sheets of Paper (Triptych) by the American artist, Erika Kahn.

Las Casitas

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Erika Kahn 'Erika Fluss Kahn' (Born, Berlin, Germany, 1925 - Resides, California)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Las Casitas by Erika Kahn	Original Aquatint & Etching with Embossing on Three Large Sheets of Paper (Triptych)	1988	Signed in pencil along the lower margin by Erika Fluss Kahn and also titled and annotated, ‘"A/P B", by her in pencil on the verso of each sheet.
02.-		Willows by Erika Kahn	Original Aquatint & Etching with Embossing on Two Large Sheets of Paper (Diptych)	c. 1990	Signed, titled and numbered, '24/175', by Erika Fluss Kahn in pencil.

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Title:	Las Casitas
Artist:	Kahn, Erika Fluss 'Erika Kahn' (Born, Berlin, Germany, 1925 - Resides, California)
Date:	1988
Medium:	Original Aquatint & Etching with Embossing on Three Large Sheets of Paper (Triptych)
Printer:	Erika Kahn
Note:	Erika Fluss Kahn 'Erika Kahn': A California painter and printmaker, Erika Kahn experienced the barbarity of the Nazi regime in her youth. Born and raised in Berlin she was banned from her public school at the age of ten and sent to the Theodore Herzl School, an all-Jewish institution. Three years later (1938) she witnessed the destruction of both her synagogue and school. Erika Kahn and her parents managed to escape to New York shortly thereafter. Her grandparents, however, were incarcerated and eventually perished in Auschwitz in 1942.
	Erika Kahn began working in New York as a clothing designer at the age of eighteen. She later studied painting and printmaking techniques there at both the Art Students League and the Pratt Institute. When she married and moved with her husband to California, Erika Kahn completed her arts education at California State University, Northridge, (B.A., 1968 and M.A., 1974).
	Erika Fluss Kahn first exhibited her fine art in 1967 at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since that time her original prints have been included in exhibitions in New York, Houston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Honolulu, Santa Monica and Santa Barbara. She has participated in international exhibitions in Osaka, Japan, Jerusalem, Israel, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She has also served as an art instructor at both Santa Monica College and the Laguna School of Art and Design.
	Today the art of Erika Kahn is included in the following public collections; Portland Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Monterey Museum of Art, University of Michigan and the Hawaii State Foundation of Culture & Art.
	Las Casitas is both an accomplished and complex work of original printmaking. Designed as a triptych, it covers three large sheets of archival papers. Erika Kahn has employed subtle tones and textures of black, brown and gold. Embossed patterns (blind printing) emerge from the lower, white areas.
Edition:	Artist Proof Impression, Limited edition of (1-99 and 10 artist proofs)
Size:	30 X 18 X 3 (30 X 54 three panels combined) (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon three large sheets of archival paper with the ‘Arches’ watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in 1988. Titled and annotated, ‘"A/P B", by the artist in pencil on the verso of each sheet and pencil signed along the lower margin. A fine, full color impression with blind printing and in excellent condition throughout. "Las Casitas" represents a prime, original example of the landscape art of Erika Kahn.
Subject:	Erika Kahn, "Las Casitas", Original Aquatint and Etching, blind printing, Embossing, Pratt Institute, triptych, Santa Monica College and the Laguna School of Art and Design.
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