Robert Spray (Robert E. Spray)

Landscape (Arizona)

Robert Spray's original silkscreen, Landscape (Arizona) is is a striking example of his silkscreen (serigraph) art from the 1950's. Using complex colors and tones he brilliantly abstracts the recognizable forms and figures within the Arizona landscape. This impression is printed upon tanned wove paper and with full margins as printed in a very small edition of twelve impressions. It is signed, titled and annotated, 'Ed. 12', by Robert Spray in pencil along the lower border. Landscape (Arizona) it is truly an amazing example of the art of the early silkscreen and the art by the American artist, Robert E. Spray

Original Silkscreen (Serigraph) by the American artist, Robert Spray.

Landscape (Arizona)

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Title:	Landscape (Arizona)
Artist:	Spray, Robert E. (Spokane, Washington, 1910 - Tucson, Arizona, 2000)
Date:	c. 1950 - 1955
Medium:	Original Silkscreen (Serigraph)
Note:	Robert E. Spray 'Robert Spray': An important Arizona artist, Robert E. Spray moved from Spokane with his family to Oakland, California, in 1923. After graduating from High School he was awarded a scholarship and studied art techniques at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. In 1937, Robert Spray, along with several other Oakland artists such as Norval Gill, was commissioned by the W.P.A. Federal Art Project, to create stained glass windows, murals, mosaics and paintings. Shortly thereafter both Spray and Gill settled in Tucson and became full members of the Tucson Art Center.
	With the outbreak of the Second World War, Robert Spray served in the U.S. Army. After the war's end he returned to Tucson, joining the staff at Consolidated Vultee as a draftsman and illustrator. Several years later, Robert Spray opened his silkscreen printing company and was instrumental in introducing this newly invented artform to the artists of Arizona. During the following years Robert Spray printed not only his own original silkscreens from his studio but also those of other Tucson artists. Robert E. Spray was awarded First Prize for his art from the Tucson Fine Art Association in 1951.
Edition:	Limited Edition of Twelve impressions.
Size:	13 1/4 X 15 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $395.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon tanned wove paper and with full margins as printed around 1950 to 1955. Signed, titled and annotated, 'Ed. 12', by the artist in pencil along the lower border. A strongly printed impression with full, unfaded colors and in very good condition throughout. Landscape (Arizona) represents an important, original example of the Arizona art of Robert Spray.
Subject:	Robert Spray, Landscape, original silkscreen, American artist, Arizona art, Arizona artist, W.P.A. Federal Art Project, Tucson, Tucson artists.
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