Steven Sorman

Burden of Need, 39x64 Multi media with hand coloring and collage

1989

The work of Blue Chip artist Frank Stella is in the collection of every Major Museum Worldwide. In 2019 a work of his sold at Christies for over 28 Million Dollars. This etching, screenprint, and relief on white TGL handmade paper by Frank Stella is from a very limited edition of only 25 works, there were also eight artists proofs. Titled, "Green Journal", Created in 1985, it is hand signed, dated, and numbered in pencil 13/25 F. Stella 85 in the lower right. The TGL Blind Stamp is located on the lower right from the publisher Tyler Graphics Ltd. Paper size is a large 66x51" and the framed size 76x62". Catalog Raisonne reference is Axsom 163. "Green Journal" is a first for Frank Stella, in that it is the first time a printed word occurs in a Stella print...

The paintings of Robin Morris are her observations of life, stylized, playful, and yet challenging to the viewer. Her emotions are hidden beneath layers of color and pattern. Stepping into the public eye in 1982, with the publication of her first lithograph, "The Couple". The fifty editions that followed, firmly established her in the artistic community and enhanced her broad-based collector appeal. This print on canvas is a particularly rare image. It is numbered 11 of 295 images, but only 3 were ever created of this 40x40" image on canvas. One print went to the artist Robin Morris, One went to us at ARDT gallery...

Alan Shields Alice in Grayland, 1979 Mixed media collage: Etching, aquatint, screen print with stitching and collage on hand made paper Hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/13 by Alan Shields on the front Unique variant This very unique and imaginative mixed media paper collage with stitching and fabric is floated and framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered from the limited edition of 13 - but each is a unique variant. Frame included: Measurements: Frame: 27.75 x 22.5 x 2 inches Artwork: 23.5 x 18 inches Catalogue Raisonne: K. Tyler Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. p. 289. Alan Shields came of age artistically in the late 1960s in New York. Expanding the boundaries of Minimalism, he became known as a master of aesthetic invention through his wide-ranging exploration of materials and techniques. His mixed media works often contain combinations of traditional silkscreen processes combined with found materials. New York Times critic Roberta Smith wrote in her 2005 obituary for the artist: "Mr. Shields's work combined expanses of gorgeous stained color, reminiscent of Helen Frankenthaler's canvases, with the humbler crafts and a Gypsy sense of portability." Critic Robert Hughes has described Shields as a brilliant bricoleur who could, and often did, make art out of just about anything. He became an innovative printmaker, experimenting with handmade paper and turning out editions in which each print was unique. After his passing, Shields was awarded a Judith Rothschild Foundation grant given to recently deceased abstract artists whose work is of the highest quality but merits further recognition. About Alan Shields: Alan Shields (b. 1944, Herington, KS; d. 2005, Shelter Island, NY) created unique, imaginative, and theatrical structures using unconventional materials and vibrant color. His three-dimensional paintings convey a playful, deconstructive impulse through the incorporation of un-stretched hand-dyed canvas, rope, yarn, beads, and wood. Shields moved to New York City in 1968, where he showed with Paula Cooper...

"El Exilio de Los Sentidos", 2005 Poem by Alberto Blanco, and works by Manuel Felguérez, Helen Escobedo, Perla Krauze, Francisco Castro Leñero, and Boris Viskin...