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David Roth
Op Art, Kinetic 1970s Original Vintage Silkscreen Lithograph Print

1977

About the Item

Hand signed and numbered limited edition print. David Roth studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design and was twice the recipient of the Moholy-Nagy Scholarship in visual design. It was Roth's initial work as a designer at fine art for commercial use that brought him interesting positions as art director for Lanvin, Charles at the Ritz, and Germain Monteil. . The strings are tied in bunches and closely hung tram a wooden bar. The size and shape of the string is similar to that at a canvas painting. Each bundle is represented by a vertical row at squares on the graph and the groupings at string are lined up along the wall according to the horizontal rows at the program. The six primary and secondary colors are used in their full intensity along with black, grey, and white. As a painter Roth works to formulate with color. Some painters regard color as a concomitant of form, hence a subordinate, but Roth's color is the chief medium of his pictorial language. A programmed juxtaposition at primary color allows Roth and the viewer to play upon various combinations. The graphs Roth executes are proportioned according to a strict mathematical formula - the pictures are Composed according to horizontal and vertical divisions on the graph paper. The optical quality of color, deliberately sought, has its roots in the Bauhaus investigations of illusion, and thus has a direct relationship to the Op art produced in postwar Europe. Roth has arranged his hues so as to persuade the planes to separate from the ground on which they are planted, and float free in space. It is almost as if Roth is giving us a "readout" on his creative process. Although the graphs appear to vary in their use of color the same colors are used throughout, also the same amount of color. Roth's work illustrates the sophistication of the human eye-brain relationship that has developed and invites the viewer to participate in the evolution at visionary ideas. One Man Shows 1966 The Gallery Upstairs, Buffalo, New York 1967 The Gallery Upstairs, Buffalo, New York 1969 The House of Graphics, New York 1969 Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 1972 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1973 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1974 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1975 Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago 1975 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1976 G.W. Einstein, New York 1976 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1977 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1977 G.W. Einstein, New York 1978 Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1978 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1979 Nancy Roth Gallery, Katonah, New York Group Exhibitions 1967 State University of New York, Buffalo 1970 Ronald Feldman Gallery 1970 The Everyman Gallery 1971 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1972 The Brooklyn Museum, New York 1972 The Newark Museum, New Jersey 1972 Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 1973 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 1973 Museum at Art, Rhode Island School of Design 1973 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1974 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana 1974 Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio 1974 Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1974 Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio 1975 Van Stratten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1975 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1975 New York Cultural Center 1976 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York 1976 Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1978 Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1978 Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1978 Nancy Roth Gallery, Katonah, New York 1978 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York Private Collections Mr. Richard Brown Baker Mrs. J. Fredik Byers Ill Mr. & Mrs. Martin Goodman Senator and Mrs. Jacob Javits Mr. Werner Kremarsky Mrs. Vera List Mrs. Dorothy Miller Mr. Richard Miller Mr. Stanley Mortimer Mr. S.I. Newhouse Jr. Mr. Samuel Sachs Public and Corporate Collections The Albright-Knox Amstar Corporation American Telephone and Telegraph Ball State University Museum Philadelphia Museum of Art Chase Manhattan Collection Museum at Contemporary Arts, Teheran, Iran (Gift from Nelson Rockefeller) Hess Oil Corporation Lehman Brothers First National City Bank Rockefeller University Owens-Corning Fiberglass Swiss Investment Bank United Mutual Savings & Loan Newark Museum at Art
  • Creator:
    David Roth (1942, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1977
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 32.75 in (83.19 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor wear.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 32471stDibs: LU38212258382
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