Sharon Sutton

Silk Stockings Candlelit Cafes, Signed Lithograph, Geometric Abstract Pattern

1980

Composition 3: Rose Beige, Yellow, Lime is an original hand drawn color linocut/litho by the New York artist Bruce Porter, printed from hand carved linoleum blocks and hand drawn lit...

FLOWER COSAS II is a limited edition color lithograph on archival Arches paper by Lamar Briggs (1935-2015) American painter and Texas artist who was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. He ...

FEATHER DANCER is a limited edition color lithograph by the American painter Lamar Briggs printed using traditional lithography techniques on archival Arches paper. Lamar Briggs (193...

MODERNIST ABSTRACT is an original hand drawn lithograph by the Lithuanian/Israeli artist, Yona Lotan (1926 - 1998). Lively modern abstract composition of multicolor Matisse-style flowers and shapes printed in visually appealing shades of lavender, purple, green, peach, burgundy, blue, pink, yellow, and metallic gold ink on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. MODERNIST ABSTRACT features playful organic shapes, including flowers, breasts, human body shapes, intermingled with rhythmic geometric forms creating a visually compelling composition with metallic gold ink adding a slight shimmer to this impressive, imaginative design. Print size - 26 x 20 in. unframed, excellent condition, hand signed in pencil by the artist Yona Lotan. Edition size - 225, plus proofs Year - 1977 About the artist- Yona Lotan (1926-1998) Jewish engineer and painter was born in Lithuania. His family moved to Tel-Aviv, Palestine in 1936. He served as a high-ranking officer in the Israeli Army and fought in the War of Independence. In 1959 Yona Lotan began painting; he's considered a self-taught, outsider artist. Lotan always had the unquenchable desire to draw. His one-man shows in Israel and Geneva were so successful that he left the army, sold all his belongings and moved to Paris in 1960 in order to devote his life to painting. His art was vibrant and he became well known, not only in Europe, but also in the United States. In 1965 he won the coveted Prize of Foreign Painting given by the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Along with Maryan, Avigdor Arikha, Mordechai Ardon and Yaacov Agam. he was part of a group of Jewish emigre artists who worked in Paris. Paintings of Lotan are contained in the collections of: Musee National d'Art Modern, Paris, Pompidou Center, Paris Musee Municipal d'Art Modern, Paris. Museum Boymans, Rotterdam. Musee "Petit Chateau", Geneve. National Galerie, Berlin. Senatsversaltung fur Wissenschaft und Kunst, Berlin. Private collections in Israel, France, England, Brazil, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Spain, Italy, Mexico, USA and Canada. One-Man Shows and Group Shows: 1959 - "Young Painters Exhibitions", Tel-Aviv 1960 - Katz Gallery, Tel-Aviv Nora Gallery, Jerusalem, La Maison Juive, Geneve 1961 - "Exhibition of Israeli Artists", Tel-Aviv Museum "Ecole de Paris 1961" Galerie Charpentier, Paris 1962 - Galerie Camille...