Title: |
Cage |
Artist: |
Lamut, Sonja (Yugoslavia, 1949 - Resides New York) |
Date: |
c. 1975 - 1980 |
Medium: |
Original Mezzotint Engraving |
Publisher: |
Associated American Artists, New York |
Edition: |
Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered 226/250. |
Note: |
Sonja Lamut: A contemporary illustrator, painter and mezzotint engraver,
Sonja Lamut received her B.F.A. from the University of Arts, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, and her M.F.A. from Hunter College, City University of New
York. She is presently Assistant Professor of Illustration at the Fashion
Institute of Technology, New York City. |
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During her career Sonja Lamut has illustrated numerous books, particularly
in the field of children's literature. These include, Voyages of Doctor Dolittle,
The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts, The Famous Adventures of Jack,
Lemuel the Fool, Little Mermaid, Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks
(New York Times Children's Books list Bestseller), Love You, Soldier, .
She is also the author and illustrator of the following works; Too Noisy!, Bugs
and Halloween Costumes. |
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Sonia Lamut's art has been the subject of solo and group exhibitions
at institutions such as Gallery shows in New York, Boston Miami, Greenwich Stockholm, Ljubjiana and
numerous other national and international group shows. Today her art is included in the following collections;
the Brooklyn Museum, New York, the Museum of Modern Art , Fredrikstad,
the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, the Museum of Modern art, Belgrade,
he National Museum, Krakow and many other important
private and public institutions. |
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For several decades, the American artist, Sonja Lamut has produced a number of striking works
of art in the most demanding of all graphic media -- the mezzotint. In
1974 she was a participating artist in the exhibition, "International Mezzotint
Today" in London, England. Utilizing the unique, black tonal values of
this intaglio method she has created intriguing imagery, such as, "Cage".
Most of Sonja Lamut's mezzotints from this period were published by the Associated
American Artists, New York. |
Size: |
5 3/4 X 7 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $295.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon pure rag paper and with full, deckled margins as published
in New York by the Associated American Artists. Signed, titled and numbered '226/250' by
the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A beautifully printed impression
with full tonal values and in excellent condition throughout. Cage represents
a superb, original example of the mezzotint art of Sonja Lamut. |
Subject: |
Cage Sonja Lamut, illustrator, mezzotint engraver, painter, Associated American Artists, signed prints, women artists. |
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