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Clare Romano
'Construction' — Mid-Century Modernism, New York City
1953

$1,400List Price

About the Item

Clare Romano, 'Construction', color lithograph, 1953, edition 20. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '5/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (7/8 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Image size 16 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches (425 x 264 mm); sheet size 19 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (486 x 324 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Romano's lively abstraction depicts the energy and optimism of the New York City construction boom in the 1950s. ABOUT THE ARTIST Clare Romano (1922–2017) was an internationally known American painter and an advocate, innovator, and educator in the field of printmaking. Romano co-authored with her husband, John Ross, ‘The Complete Printmaker’ (1972), ‘The Complete Collagraph’ (1980), and several other printmaking manuals that have become standard texts for university art departments. The couple founded their High Tide Press for artists' books in 1991. After graduation from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, Romano worked as an assistant to Herbert Bayer. She produced with Bayer modernist illustrations for Fortune magazine, Container Corporation, and pharmaceutical, fashion, and perfume advertisements. In 1949 Romano traveled with her husband to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Fontainebleau, France, and then throughout Europe. Upon returning to New York in 1950, Romano was invited to the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop by the founder and master lithographer Robert Blackburn, a high school friend of Ross. Romano’s aptitude for the challenging medium of lithography was quickly evident as her first work, ‘Eglise de St. Martin’ (1950), won a purchase award from the Brooklyn Museum. Romano continued her exploration of printmaking techniques throughout the next decade, teaching herself woodcut, etching, and collagraphy. In 1958 she received a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant for printmaking at the Instituto Statele d' Arte in Florence, Italy. Romano and her husband taught printmaking workshops for Pratt Institute in its Venice summer program starting in 1988. From 1963 to 1973, Romano taught relief and intaglio printmaking courses at the New School. She was also the associate professor of printmaking and teaching at Pratt Graphic Art Center in Manhattan. Romano also taught at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn—she began as an assistant professor in printmaking and was promoted to associate professor and then chair of the Fine Art Department. She was a recipient of Pratt's Distinguished Professor Award for 1978-79. Romano and Ross mastered their signature collagraph printmaking technique while visiting artists in Yugoslavia for the U.S. Information Agency in conjunction with 'Graphic Arts USA,' a traveling exhibition of American prints. A process they had been experimenting with since the mid-1950s, the collagraph allows for multi-colored and textured images printed from a relief cardboard matrix. Romano’s graphic works are included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Cooper Hewitt, Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Design Museum.

Creator:
Clare Romano (American)
Creation Year:
1953
Dimensions:
Height: 16.75 in (42.55 cm)Width: 10.38 in (26.37 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Movement & Style:
American Modern
Period:
1950-1959
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC
Reference Number:
Seller: 979701stDibs: LU532310358942

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