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Douglas Semivan
Douglas Semivan Abstract Modern "Receiver I" Signed and Numbered

1980 - 1990s

$2,600
£1,996.69
€2,288.18
CA$3,660.16
A$4,100.19
CHF 2,136.57
MX$50,013.80
NOK 27,150.91
SEK 25,601.37
DKK 17,078.35

About the Item

"Receiver I" is an abstract print of three diagonally placed lines. It is reminiscent of an early work by Georgia O'Keeffe, "Blue Lines X" in that both artists, Semivan and O'Keeffe, have achieved a beauty in the placement, width of, length and juxtapositions of simple lines to achieve a never ending balance and harmony for the viewer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Douglas Semivan is an artist and retired education who is Professor Emeritus of the Art Department at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. Semivan’s work resides in the permanent collections of several museums: including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Brooklyn Museum, The Toledo Museum of Art, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. His works are also part of the collections of several corporations: The Ford Motor Copany, William Beaumont Hospital, City National Bank, IBM Corporation, and The Max Factor headquarters in North Carolina. Semivan was visiting artist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington, and Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan. He received his MFA in Printmaking from The Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1973, and a BA in Art from Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan in 1971. He has taught Lithography at Vancouver School of Art and Wayne State University and was Director of the Detroit Artists Market in Detroit, Michigan. Semivan's alma mater, The Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract), Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock (blown glass) and Larry Butcher (mixed media.) He has a studio and resides in Royal Oak, Michigan. Measurements for print without frame: 19" h x 12.50 " w. This piece is signed and number 7 of 7.

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