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Elizabeth C. Osborne
Abstract Figurative Work by Woman Artist and PAFA Alum Elizabeth Osborne

1968

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Elizabeth Osborne (American, b. 1936) Interior with Figure Oil on paper, 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches; Framed: 18 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches Signed and dated at lower right: "Osborne 68" Note attached to backing: (handwritten) "Soc/Happy Spring!/I decided life is too/short and I want you to have this--Liz"; "(over)"; (verso) "This is referring to a/drawing of a figure/oil on paper 1968/given to me in exchange for one of my watercolors S.P." Provenance: the artist; Socrates and Rhea Perakis, NJ" Elizabeth Osborne was born in Philadelphia PA. Encouraged by her high school art teacher—the artist Hobson Pittman—to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), she enrolled there in 1954 in a joint BFA program with the University of Pennsylvania. Only the third woman to have joined the faculty of PAFA in 1963, she was for many years the sole female faculty member. She retired from the Academy faculty in 2011. Her work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the McNay Art Museum, the Reading Art Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum, and the Palmer Museum of Art.
  • Creator:
    Elizabeth C. Osborne (1936, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: RS 69471stDibs: LU2390212492692

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