Lee Lorenz

Ecce Femina

Lee Lorenz's "Ecce Femina" is an original lithograph created by the comic illustrator and artist in 1982. It is printed upon heavy, hand-made, laid paper bearing the 'Arches' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of eighty impressions in New York. This impression is signed, dated and numbered, by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. "Ecce Femina" is a wonderful examination of the romantic psyche. Every figure and action revolves around the enticing endowments of Eve who is oblivious to all but her reflection in the mirror. This work of art is a fine, original example of the comic art created by the american artist, Lee Lorenz.

Ecce Femina

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Title:	Ecce Femina
Artist:	Lorenz, Lee (New York?, 1933 - Resides, Connecticut)
Date:	1982
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Lee Lorenz: A leading comic illustrator and artist, Lee Lorenz first studied at Carnegie Tech and then at the Pratt Institute, under Philip Guston. Lorenz's first published cartoon dates from 1956. Two years later he became a commissioned artist for The New Yorker. In 1973 Lee Lorenz became The New Yorker's art editor and held that position for the following twenty years. He retired from the magazine in 1998. In total more than fifteen hundred of his delightfully humorous drawings have appeared in that publication.
	Lee Lorenz has both written and illustrated a large number of books, both for adults and children, including the very popular, Real Men Don't Eat Quiche. He has also edited and written important books on the art and artists of The New Yorker. These include, The Art of The New Yorker (1995) and The World of William Steig (1998). He currently lives and works in Connecticut.
	Ecce Femina is a large and wonderful examination of the romantic psyche. It is actually composed of three distinct panels. In the upper section a knight battles a fierce dragon, no doubt to win the heart of his beloved. In the bottom section both a bull and an elderly man offer bouquets to the beautiful blonde in the central section. This central section represents the age old yarn of Adam and Eve, complete with the snake, the tree of knowledge and Satan. Every figure and action revolves around the enticing endowments of Eve who is oblivious to all but her reflection in the mirror.
Edition:	Limited edition of eighty impressions, numbered 14/80.
Size:	28 1/2 X 20 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	UnMatted
Buy Now	Price: $495.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon heavy, hand-made, laid paper bearing the 'Arches' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of eighty impressions in New York in 1982. Signed, dated and numbered, 14/80, by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A beautifully printed impression in full colors and in excellent condition throughout. Ecce Femina is a remarkable, original work of the art of Lee Lorenz.
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