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Dean Drahos
The Magus - Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar, Large Magician Surreal Painting

1990

$7,200
£5,417.85
€6,263.44
CA$10,166.61
A$11,023.58
CHF 5,850.08
MX$135,769.39
NOK 72,508.10
SEK 68,430.97
DKK 46,751.87

About the Item

Dean Drahos (American, 1937-2010) Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar, 1990 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 72 x 48 inches Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Drahos, Northfield, OH Dean Franklin Drahos was a Cleveland School, Cleveland, Ohio based artist and professor. Drahos studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and received his B.S. in Art Education in 1959 and his Master of Arts in 1960 at Case-Western Reserve University. He also received a certificate from the Oskar Kokoschka School of Vision in Salzburg, Austria, as well as a Ford Foundation Grant from Oberlin College to study Art Education for a summer. Drahos later become Associate Professor of Art and Chairperson in the Department of Art at Baldwin-Wallace College. EXHIBITIONS: NOVA Painting Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art Annual Mid-Year Exhibitions, Cleveland Museum of Art May Shows, Cleveland Museum of Art Materials and Techniques of Twentieth Century Artists, Fifty Years of American Painting at Butler Institute, Bucknell Print and Drawing Shows, Western Ill. Small Painting Exhibition, Northern Ill. Print and Drawing Exhibitions, One Man Show, Cooper School of Art, Cleveland Playhouse, Baldwin-Wallace, Wooster COLLECTIONS: Butler Institute of American Art, Hallinan Center, Case-Western Reserve, National City Bank, City Bank, Baldwin-Wallace College AWARDS: Ohio Arts Council 79 Fellowship, Purchase Award Hallinan Center-- Case Western Reserve, 69th Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Jurors Mention, Awards at Beck Center Proscenium Exhibitions, Awards at Baycrafters Exhibitions, Jurors Mention Western Ill. Small Painting Exhibition
  • Creator:
    Dean Drahos (1937 - 2010, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1990
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 72 in (182.88 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Beachwood, OH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1768216685072

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