Title: |
The Village |
Artist: |
Silverman, Melvin Frank 'Mel Silverman' (Denver, Colorado, 1931 - New York, 1966) |
Date: |
1963 |
Medium: |
Original Woodcut |
Publisher: |
Associated American Artists, New York |
Edition: |
Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered
25/250. |
Note: |
Melvin Frank Silverman 'Mel Silverman': Although his life was unfortunately
brief, Mel Silverman was one of America's most respected artists during
the late 1950's and early 1960's. Equally accomplished as an original
printmaker, painter, illustrator and writer, Mel Silverman received his Bachelor
of Fine Arts and his B.A.E. from the Art Institute of Chicago. The Institute
then awarded him a Fellowship in 1955 which enabled him to work and travel
in Europe for a period of one year. The Village is thus probably a remembrance
of Silverman's European travels. |
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The first one man exhibition of Mel Silverman's art was held
in New York in 1956. During the following ten years he also exhibited
extensively in Chicago, Denver and elsewhere. Today, Mel Silverman's original
woodcuts and paintings are included in the permanent collections of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, the University of Minnesota, the Butler Institute
of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Frederick R. Weisman
Art Museum, Minneapolis and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. |
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The Village was commissioned by the Associated
American Artists of New York in 1963 and published by them in a sole,
limited edition of 250 impressions. Since its inauguration in the mid
1930's the Association of American Artists commissioned original etchings,
lithographs and woodcuts from such great masters as Grant Wood, Thomas
Hart Benton and Reginald Marsh. It published graphic art of no less stature
during the 1960's decade as contributing artists included Mel Silverman,
Jack Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies, James Kearns and Sidney
Chafetz. The presentation tag that accompanied this original woodcut is
included. |
Size: |
12 1/4 Circular (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
Condition: |
Printed upon Oriental mulberry (rice) paper and with full
margins as published in New York in 1963 in the limited edition of 250
impressions. Signed, dated, numbered (25/250) and titled by the artist
in pencil along the lower margin. This is a superbly printed impression
and in excellent condition throughout. The Village is one of Mel Silverman's
greatest woodcuts. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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