Title: |
Formal Garden |
Artist: |
Lehrer, Leonard (Philadelphia, Born, 1935) |
Date: |
1969 |
Medium: |
Original Engraving |
Publisher: |
Associated American Artists, New York |
Edition: |
Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered
230/250. |
Note: |
Leonard Lehrer: The former professor and
chairman of the department of art at New York University, Leonard Lehrer's
original drypoints and engravings have been published and exhibited throughout
the United States since the mid 1960's. He has engraved plates as well for
illustrated books such as, "Venus and Adonis" (1984) and "Moorish
Roses" (1986). Leonard Lehrer's original engravings are now included in such major collections as the
Butler Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern
Art, New York. |
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After New York University, Leonard Lehrer accepted the post of director
of the School of Art, Arizona State University and acted as a trustee for
the International Print Center, New York. Since 2001 he has been Dean,
School of Fine and Performing Arts, Columbia College, Chicago. Leonard Lehrer's original
prints are currently published by Anchor Graphic, Chicago. |
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"Formal Garden" was commissioned by the Associated
American Artists of New York in 1969 in a sole limited edition of 250 impressions.
Since its creation in the mid 1930's the Associated American Artists commissioned
original graphic art from such great masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart
Benton, Reginald Marsh and others. It published etchings and lithographs
of no less stature during the 1960's as contributing artists included Jack
Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies, James Kearns, Leonard Lehrer
and Sidney Chafetz. The engraving depicts a landscape and architectural view
of a formal garden. |
Size: |
11 3/4 X 8 1/2 (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: $395.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon thick laid paper and with full, deckled margins
as published in New York in 1969 in the limited edition of 250 impressions.
Signed, numbered and titled by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.
A superb impression and in excellent condition throughout. "Formal Garden"
represents a prime example of the art of Leonard Lehrer. |
Subject: |
Leonard Lehrer, Formal Garden, original engraving, New York University,
artist, illustrated books, Associated American Artists,. |
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