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Yona Lotan
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Signed Lithograph, Matisse Style Flowers Shapes Metallic Gold

1977

About the Item

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 Renaud, Paris, Galerie Baden, Geneve "Ecole de Paris 1962" Galerie Charpentier, Paris Exposition d'Automne 1962, Paris 1963 - Brooke street, London Art Center, Oak Ridge, USA Exposition d'Automne 1963, Paris Galerie Huber, Zurich 1964 - Galerie Riquem, Paris Galerie Badan, Geneve 1965 - Nora Gallery, Jerusalem "Prix Pour Peintre Etranger" Musee National d'Art Modern, Paris. Vleme Exposition Internationale "Paris-Essonnes 1965", Juvesy, France 1966 - Art Center Saskatchevan, Canada Galerie Badan, Geneve Vleme Exposition Internationale "Paris-Essonnes 1966", Juvesy, France, Mendel Art Gallery, Canada 1967 - Center Culturel France-Israel, Paris Exposition des Paintres Solidaires avec Israel, Paris Exposition des Contemporains Classiques et d'Avantgarde, Musee National d'Art Moderne Paris 1968 - Galerie Badan, Geneve Galerie de France, Paris 1969 - X Salon, Grands et Jeunes D'aujourd'hui, Paris Old Jaffa Gallery, Tel-Aviv Jaffa 1970 - Dix Artistes Contemporains, Musee du "Petit Palais", Geneve Modern Art Gallery Caesarea, Israel 1971 - Old Jaffa Gallery, Tel-Aviv Jaffa 1972 - Galerie d'Art Modern, Cleveland, Ohio Nora Gallery, Jerusalem Nottebohm, Hambourg, Allemagne Deligny Art Gallery, Miami-Beach, USA 1973 - Contemporary Art - Saluting 25th Anniversary of Israel, Denver Colorado. 1975 - Galerie Soleil Georges Bongers, Paris 1976 - Galerie Juana Mordot, Madrid Petit Palais, Geneve 1981 - Hammer Galleries, New York 1997 - Yona Lotan Retrospective Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum
  • Creator:
    Yona Lotan (1926 - 1998, Lithuanian)
  • Creation Year:
    1977
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Very good condition, slight signs of handling on margin, never been framed or mounted, pencil signed P.P.(Printers Proof) aside from edition of 225, actual print number may vary upon availability, from the master printers private collection.
  • Gallery Location:
    Union City, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU832314966972

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