Samuel Thal - Above the Cove

Above the Cove

Samuel Thal's original drypoint engraving, "Above the Cove" was created by the American artist in 1946. This impression is printed upon wove paper and with full, deckled margins as published in New York by the 'Associated American Artists' in the sole limited edition of two hundred and fifty. It is signed in pencil under the plate mark and signed in the plate with Sam Thal's 'ST' monogram to the lower right.

Above The Cove

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Samuel Thal (New York, 1903 - Boston, Massachusettes, 1964)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Above The Cove by Samuel Thal	Original Drypoint Engraving	1946	Signed by Sam Thal in pencil under the plate mark and signed in the plate with his 'ST' monogram. Edition of 250 impressions.	Sold
02.-		Belmont Farm by Samuel Thal	Original Drypoint Engraving and Etching	c. 1945	Signed by Sam Thal in pencil under the plate mark and signed in the plate with his 'ST' monogram. Edition of 250 impressions.	Sold
03.-		Sunday Afternoon by Samuel Thal	Original Drypoint Engraving	c. 1940 - 1945	Signed by Sam Thal in pencil under the plate mark and signed in the plate with his 'ST' monogram. Edition of 250 impressions.
04.-		Time Out by Samuel Thal	Original Drypoint Engraving & Etching	1947	Signed by Sam Thal in pencil under the plate mark and signed in the plate with his 'ST' monogram. Edition of 250 impressions.

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Title:	Above the Cove
Artist:	Thal, Samuel 'Sam Thal' (New York, 1903 - Boston, Massachusettes, 1964)
Date:	1946
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving
Publisher:	Associated American Artists
Note:	Samuel Thal 'Sam Thal': A fine American painter, etcher, engraver and sculptor, Samuel Thal was a student of the Art Students League, New York, the National Academy of Design and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. During the era of the Great Depression, Sam Thal worked as both a W.P.A. artist and constructed teaching programs for the Federal Art Project. After the Depression, Sam Thal continued to paint and etch and exhibited his art in major institutions throughout the United States. In the early 1940's he was even employed by the Harvard University Psychological Clinic to create drawings that are still used for the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT).
	Sam Thal's art was the subject of either awards or prizes from such institutions as the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (1943), the Library of Congress (1945) and the National Academy of Design. Today institutions that list Thal's original art in their permanent collections include the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Public Library, Pennsylvania State University, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
	Sam Thal moved permanently from New York to Boston in 1923. During the following decades he was a major artist of that city and was a full member of the Boston Architectural Club.
	In the 1940's, Sam Thal was commissioned at least three times to contribute original etchings or drypoint engravings to the Associated American Artists in New York. The A.A.A. was created in the mid 1930's and was responsible for commissioning original graphic art from such leading American masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, Samuel Thal and Irwin Hoffman. Above the Cove was published by the A.A.A. in 1946 in a limited, signed edition of 250 impressions.
Edition:	Limited Edition of two hundred fifty impressions.
Size:	8 5/8 X 11 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full, deckled margins as published in New York by the Associated American Artists in the sole limited edition of 250 impressions in 1946. Signed in pencil under the plate mark and signed in the plate with Thal's 'ST' monogram to the lower right. A deeply printed impression with full burr and in excellent condition throughout. Above the Cove represents a prime, original example of the art of Samuel Thal.
	The Allbright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, lists an impression of Above the Cove in its permanent collection.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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