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Dee Shapiro
Rug Pattern

1983

About the Item

This artwork "Persian Rug" 1983 is an original colors lithograph by noted American artist Dee Shapiro, born 1936. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 57/100 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 25.25 x 16 inches, sheet size is 30 x 20.25 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Dee Shapiro is a Contemporary American artist and writer associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement. Dee Shapiro was inspired to be an Artist in her early years of education. Dee's career started in the 1970s as a pattern painter. She researched and explored the Fibonacci Progression in color on graph paper and also explored geometric complexity of architectural designs, leading her to create the small horizontal oil paintings of cities and landscapes. Dee Shapiro obtained her bachelor's degree in 1958 and Master of Science in 1960 from Queens College, City University of New York. Dee Shapiro is an artist that sees the subject on a large scale, but what she creates is on a diminutive scale. Shapiro's strength is the ability to give expressive power on canvas that makes her work seem larger than they are. Dee Shapiro has been a teacher, lecturer, and writer through career. Group exhibitions 2018 The American Dream, Emden, Germany Solo exhibitions 2016 Art 101, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 2015 Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT 2012, 2010, 2009 Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 2010 Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT 2009 George Billis Gallery 2006 Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ 2004 The Mercy Gallery. Loomis Chafee, Windsor, CT. 2004,2002, 1998 Andre Zarre Gallery, NY C, National Arts Club, NYC 2000 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA 1998 Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY 1997 Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 1996 North Winds, Port Washington, NY 1994, Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 1984 Ana Sklar Gallery, Miami, FL 1983 Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 1982 Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 1981 Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1980, 1976 Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC 1979 Gallery 700, Milwaukee, WI Andre Zarre GalleryNYC 1978 St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 1977 University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK 1975, 1973 Central Hall Gallery, Port Washington, NY, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY Selected bibliography James Panero, Supreme Fiction The Hudson River School Revisited, March, 2010 Piri Halaz, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, April 2010 Steve Starger, Art New England, Dee Shapiro: “On The Horizontal,” Feb/Mar 2005 Maureen Mullarkey, The New York Sun,”The Last Time I Saw Cuba,” April 15, 2004 James Kalm, NY ARTS, International Edition, April 2000 Helen Harrison, The New York Times, April 12, 1998, April 11, 1981 Phyllis Braff, The New York Times, 1989 Charlotte Rubenstein, American Women Artists, Avon, 1982 Barbara Colin, "Pattern of a Painter" New York Arts Journal, Oct-Nov 1981 Helen Harrison, Harald Szeeman, "Pattern Paintings" D U Die Kunstzeitschrift, Zurich, June 1979 Ellen Lubell, "Lush Complexities and Visual Indulgence" Soho Weekly News, Feb.13, 1979 Peter Frank, The Village Voice, May 1, 1979 Judith Tannenbaum, Arts Magazine, April 1978 Peter Frank, "Pattern Painting" ARTnews, February 1978 Madeline Burnside, ARTnews, April 1978 April Kingsley, "Opulent Optimism" The Village Voice, Nov.28.1977 John Canaday, "Talent Blooms" The New York Times, May 9, 1976 Malcolm Preston, Newsday, September 18, 1976 Gordon Brown, Arts Magazine, September 1976 Ellen Lubell, "Watercolor Electricity" Soho Weekly News, Feb.16,1975 Selected collections Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL Brown-Foreman, Louisville, KY Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Citibank Collection, NYC Dartmouth Museum of Art, Hanover, NH Dayton Institute, Dayton, OH Owens-Corning Corp., Corning, NY Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY General Electric Co., Fairfield, Ct. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC Corporate Collection, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington,[New York Herbert Johnson Museum, Ithaca NY Hoffman-LaRoche Collection, Zurich, Switzerland IBM Corporation, NY Lehigh University Collection, Bethlehem, PA Louis-Dreyfus Financial Group Mercer Street Medical Center, NYC Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY New York University Collection, NYC Pepsico Corporation, NY Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS St. Mary’s College Collection, Notre Dame, IN Texaco Corporation, NY The New Museum, NYC New York University Collection, NYC The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ United States Department of State, Washington, DC University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK READ LESS Details
  • Creator:
    Dee Shapiro (1936, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1983
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 20.25 in (51.44 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: sha/per/011stDibs: LU66635340952

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