Jack Levine - Moritat

Moritat

Jack Levine's Moritat is an original soft ground etching printed upon fine, hand-made paper bearing the 'Rives' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in 1968. This impression belongs to a set created in the latter 1960's when Levine was commissioned to make a number etchings illustrative of Bertold Brecht's famous play, "The Three Penny Opera". The etchings were published in limited and signed editions ranging from 45 to 100 impressions. They are delightful portrayals of the seamy characters and their lives as penned by Brecht. Moritat is a fine, original example of the portrait art created by the American artist, Jack Levine.

Moritat

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Jack Levine (Boston, Massachusetts, born, 1915)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Info
01.-		Girls of Tunbridge Alley #1 by Jack Levine	1968	Original Soft Ground Etching & Aquatint	Signed and numbered '41/100' in pencil by Jack Levine.
02.-		McHeath at Tunbridge Alley by Jack Levine	1968	Original Soft Ground Etching	Signed and numbered 'VI/XLV' in pencil by Jack Levine.
03.-		Moritat by Jack Levine	1968	Original Soft Ground Etching	Signed and numbered 'VI/XLV' in pencil by Jack Levine.

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Title:	Moritat
Artist:	Levine, Jack (Boston, Massachusetts, born, 1915 - died, New York, 2010)
Date:	1968
Medium:	Original Soft Ground Etching
Note:	Jack Levine: Post World War Two American art was largely guided by the current fashions of the day. Curators and critics alike rushed from abstract expressionism to pop art to post modernism as moths to the flame. With an almost brainwashed zeal they condemned any work of art that looked vaguely realistic. One might almost say that in these decades representational art was viewed as 'counter revolutionary'. Yet such great painters and printmakers as Leonard Baskin, Charles White, Ben Shahn, Philip Evergood, Chaim Koppelman and others produced outstanding etchings and lithographs of a non abstract nature. Perhaps the most important and influential of these fine artists was Jack Levine.
	Born in Boston, Jack Levine first studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with Denham Ross (1929-1931) and then completed his education at Colby College under Harold Zimmerman. He then traveled extensively and lived for a period of one year in both Rome and in Mexico. Levine gained recognition early in his career as a painter and held his first one man exhibition in New York in 1938. Known first for his biting social art, Levine drew the ire of those he often portrayed, such as, the politicians, the generals and the arts establishment. By 1950, this satirical vein gave Levine notoriety as the 'enfant terrible' of the Social Realist School.
	During the following years, Levine continued to both gain fame and stand against current art trends. He stated, " So much of Abstract Expressionism seems to me a matter of sheer velocity. To me, firing at a target is the real problem - learning how to paint an ear or hand correctly. With the Abstract Expressionist, well - firing at no target is not a great matter, no matter how fast the bullet goes."
	In 1960, Jack Levine turned for the first time to the art of printmaking. From the start his original lithographs, etchings and aquatints placed him among America's most accomplished printmakers. Some of these monumental works of art continued to portray incisive social criticism and social compassion while others (such as this original example entitled, Moritat) examined personal relationships in a truly riveting manner. Looking at this work of art it is little wonder that today the etchings and lithographs of Jack Levine are considered to be in the first rank of contemporary American art.
	Jack Levine's paintings and prints are included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. A full member of the National Academy of Design, Levine was also an influential teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Source:	Moritat belongs to a set created in the latter 1960's when Levine was commissioned to make a number etchings illustrative of Bertold Brecht's famous play, "The Three Penny Opera". The etchings were published in New York in 1968 in limited and signed editions ranging from forty five to one hundred impressions. The plates were then destroyed. They are delightful portrayals of the seamy characters and their lives as penned by Brecht.
Edition:	Limited edition of forty five impressions, numbered VI/XLV.
Size:	8 7/8 X 9 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $495.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made paper bearing the 'Rives' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in New York in 1968. Signed and numbered 'VI/XLV' by the artist along the lower margin. A beautifully printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Moritat stands as a prime example of the art of Jack Levine, one of America's greatest modern masters.
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