Title: |
Magic Veil |
Artist: |
Wong, Anna (Contemporary, Born, Vancouver, Canada) |
Date: |
1968 |
Medium: |
Original Silkscreen |
Note: |
Anna Wong: A contemporary artist, Anna Wong graduated
from the Vancouver School of Art, British Columbia, Canada, with a degree
in creative printmaking. She also studied Chinese brush painting in
Hong Kong. In the 1960's her original prints received several international
prizes and in 1969 she was awarded a Canada Council grant. She also
represented Canada in a number print biennials, including that of Ljubljana,
Yugoslavia. Magic Veil dates from this period of her career and
displays fine elements of colors, tones and textures. |
|
Around 1970 Anna Wong moved to New York to work and
study at the Pratt Graphics Center. Under the direction of this famous
workshop she created many more prints using multiple techniques. During
this time her graphic art was also illustrated in Artist's Proof:
The Annual of Prints and Printmaking. |
Provenance: |
From the collection of Roger Trlak and bearing his inventory
number, 'T-221', on the original matting. Roger Trlak (1934-1975) established
the commercial art company of Martin-Trlak in Chicago. In 1972 he also
opened the RST Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona where he exhibited not
only his own large collection of mostly contemporary art but also held
important exhibitions of many modern artists. These Included such major
American and international printmakers as Joseph Hirsch, Luigi Lucioni,
Jacob Landau, Birgit Skiold and Paul Wunderlich. Among Trlak's closest
friends in the arts community were Raphael Soyer, Ivan Albright and
Hans Burkhardt. Contemporary prints and paintings were constantly exhibited
at the RST Gallery until it was closed in 1975 due to Trlak's untimely
death. |
Edition: |
Limited edition of seventy five impressions, numbered
43/75. |
Size: |
12 X 12 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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UnMatted |
Condition: |
Printed upon brown, mulberry paper and with full, deckled
margins as published in 1968 in the limited edition of 75 impressions.
Signed, dated, titled and numbered, '43/75', by the artist in pencil
along the lower margin. A strong, rich impression and in excellent condition
throughout. Magic Veil represents a fine example of the graphic
art of Anna Wong. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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