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Terry Haass
'Quintet' — Mid-Century Modernism, Atelier 17

c. 1948

$2,200
£1,655.31
€1,917.34
CA$3,097.47
A$3,441.63
CHF 1,809.13
MX$42,008.85
NOK 22,873.83
SEK 21,444.73
DKK 14,309.65

About the Item

Terry Haass, 'Quintet', etching and aquatint, edition 20, c. 1948. Signed, titled, and numbered '12/20' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 7/16 to 2 7/16 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Haass captures the vibrancy of a mid-century jazz quintet with the broad tonal range of her dynamic, modernist composition. ABOUT THE ARTIST Terry Haass (1923–2016) was a Czech-born artist whose career spanned painting, printmaking, and sculpture, and whose work was deeply shaped by displacement, exile, and the search for universal forms of expression. Terry Haass was born Terezie Haassová in Český Těšín, Czechoslovakia. In 1938, amid the rising threat of Nazism, she and her family fled to Paris, and soon after to New York, where she spent much of her early adult life. Haass studied at the Art Students League of New York, as well as at the Atelier 17, the experimental print workshop led by Stanley William Hayter, where she joined an influential circle of émigré and American artists engaged with modernist printmaking. During the 1940s and 1950s, Haass became known for her innovative use of intaglio and relief techniques, pushing printmaking beyond traditional boundaries. She worked alongside artists such as Joan Miró, André Masson, and Yves Tanguy, absorbing influences of Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism while developing her own distinctive style. Her prints often feature abstract geometric structures combined with lyrical, organic forms, embracing the qualities of dynamism, elegance and spontaneity. By the 1950s, Haass had established herself internationally, exhibiting in both Europe and the United States. She returned to Paris permanently in 1951, continuing to create and exhibit widely. Her later work expanded into painting and sculpture, where she explored spatial relationships, transparency, and light—often constructing works with Plexiglas and other modern materials. Haass exhibited at major institutions throughout her career, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. She participated in numerous international exhibitions of printmaking, and her work was shown in both solo and group contexts across Europe and the U.S. In the 1950s she was included in the Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh, one of the most prestigious showcases of contemporary art at the time. Her work bridges several movements—Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Constructivist abstraction—while never fitting neatly into any one school. She was especially drawn to the dichotomy of order and chaos, geometry and gesture, materiality and immateriality. Her experimental use of printmaking techniques inspired younger artists, and her sculptural work with transparent and reflective materials anticipated later explorations in Minimalism and Light and Space art. Haass lived and worked primarily in Paris from the 1950s until her death. She continued to create art into her later years, with retrospectives and renewed critical attention in the early 21st century highlighting her contributions as a pioneering woman artist in both printmaking and sculpture. Museums representing work by Haass include the Olomouc Museum of Art (Czech Republic), Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria & Albert Museum (London), Museum of Modern Art, RISD Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
  • Creator:
    Terry Haass (1923 - 2016, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1948
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)Width: 11.88 in (30.18 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 998971stDibs: LU53232626543

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