Title: |
Swamp Land |
Artist: |
Pitz, Henry Clarence 'Henry C. Pitz' (Philadelphia, 1895 -1976) |
Date: |
1947 |
Medium: |
Original Lithograph |
Publisher: |
Associated American Artists, New York |
Edition: |
Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions. |
Note: |
Henry Clarence Pitz 'Henry C. Pitz'': A major American artist and illustrator
and author of the mid 1920's and well into the 1970's, Henry Clarence Pitz studied art in Philadelphia under
Maurice Bower and Walter Everett. Henry C. Pitz first gained national recognition
in the early 1930's. His fine work as an illustrator (in total he went
on to illustrate over one hundred and fifty books) and participation in
exhibitions around the world then led to an international reputation.
Several of his highly regarded illustrated books include, Master Skylark, a Story of Shakespeare's Time (1922),
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1925), Westward Ho (1930), Giants & Witches ad a
Dragon or Two (1943), Twenty Thousand Legues Under the Sea (1953), The Edge of Manhood (1967) and many other well-known novels and children's classics.
Henry C. Pitz also authored such historical and illustrated guide books as Early American Costume (1929), A Treasury of American Book Illustration
(1947), Illustrating Children's Books: History, Technique, Production (1963), The Brandywine Tradition (1968), 200 Years of American Illustration
(1977) as well as many other contributions in this field. Henry Pitz influenced many fine artists in his long held position of
Director in the Department of Illustration in the Philadelphia Museum School, from 1934 to 1960. |
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Henry Clarence Pitz was a full member of the prestigious
National Academy of Design, the American Society of Illustrators and the
American Federation of Arts. He was director of the Philadelphia Art Alliance,
the Philadelphia Water Color Club and the American Water Society and in 1935, became
President of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Henry C. Pitz was granted a fellowship at the Huntington Hartford Foundation near
Los Angeles and was conferred with a Doctorate of Letters by the Ursinus College in 1971.
Other major awards include prizes and medals from the International Print Exhibition (1932),
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts (1934), the Paris International Exhibition (1938),
the Philadelphia Athenaeum Literary Award (1969) the National Academy of Design (1960),
the Morse medals (1964) and (1971), and many other awards which recognized his artistic and literary career.
Such major museums as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Paris Salon, the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery Collection, Washington, include
examples of his original lithographs and drawings in their collections. |
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Swamp Land was commissioned in 1947 by the Associated
American Artists, New York. The A.A.A. was created in the mid 1930's and commissioned
original graphic art from such great American masters as Grant Wood, Thomas
Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, Henry Clarence Pitz and many others. All A.A.A. works
of art created at this time were published in editions ranging from 125
to 250 impressions. |
Size: |
10 X 12 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 on wove paper and with full margins as published
in New York in 1947. Signed in pencil by the artist along the lower margin.
This is a fine, strong impression and in excellent condition throughout.
This original lithograph represents a prime example of the landscape art of Henry Clarence Pitz. |
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