Leonard Baskin

Camille Corot

c.1970

This artwork titled "Sub Culture" c1972 is an original color lithograph on wove paper by noted New Orleans artist Caroline Spellman Wogan Durieux, 1896-1989. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/10 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 17.75 x 13 inches, sheet size is 19.85 x 15 inches. It is in excellent condition, some hanging tape from previous framing remaining on the back. About the artist: As a Southern female satirist, Caroline Spellman Wogan Durieux was a rare phenomenon in the early twentieth century. Today, she is highly regarded for her stinging lithographs that touch on human foibles as well as some of the important issues of her day. Born to a family of Creole descent in New Orleans, young Caroline was precocious; she began drawing at age four and completed a portfolio of watercolors depicting her city by the time she was twelve. She took lessons from Mary Butler, a member of the art faculty at Sophie Newcomb College, and, beginning in 1912, matriculated at the school full-time, where her instructors included Ellsworth Woodward, chair of the art department. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in design in 1916 and one in education in 1917. Awarded a scholarship by the New Orleans Art Association, Durieux pursued further coursework at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1918 to 1920. Years later, she was encouraged to try lithography by Carl Zigrosser, an expert curator of prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, who became her mentor. With her husband Pierre Durieux—an importer of Latin American goods and later the chief representative of General Motors for South America—Caroline Durieux spent time in Cuba during the early 1920s. The couple moved in 1926 to Mexico City, where she met the great muralist Diego Rivera and became involved in the local art community. Following a short interval in New York City, Durieux went back to Mexico in 1931 and enrolled at the Academy of San Carlos (now the National University of Mexico) to study lithography. She returned to New Orleans seven years later and was hired to teach at her alma mater, Newcomb College, from 1938 to 1943. Starting in 1939, Durieux served as the director of Louisiana’s Works Progress Administration program, and her division was the only one in the state not to practice racial discrimination. This was a matter she felt strongly about, stating: “I had a feeling that an artist is an artist and it doesn’t make any difference what color he or she is.” From 1943 until her retirement in 1964, Durieux was a member of the faculty at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Durieux’s forte was lithography, a technique popular in the mid-nineteenth century and long associated with social commentary, and her prints proved no exception. Her work in the 1930s and 1940s coincided with a rise in art that dealt with poverty, racism, and totalitarianism. She often presented stereotyped social climbers...

This artwork titled "Circe" 1979 is an original colors serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Will Barnet, 1911-2012. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 43/100 in pencil by the artist. The image size (circle) is 18 x 18 inches, sheet size is 23.25 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: Born in 1911 in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet knew by the age of ten that he wanted to be an artist. As a student, he studied with Philip Leslie Hale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and viewed first-hand John Singer Sargent at work on the murals of the Boston Public Library. In 1930, Barnet studied at the Art Students League of New York, with Stuart Davis and Charles Locke, beginning his long association with the school. Here he concentrated on painting as well as printmaking, and, in 1936, he became the official printer for the Art Students League. There, he later instructed students in the graphic arts at the school and taught alongside the likes of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Robert Beverly Hale and Richard Pousette-Dart. Barnet influenced a generation of artists, including James Rosenquist, Knox Martin, Emil Milan, Paul Jenkins, Ethel Fisher...

This artwork titled "II Cup of Joe" c.1990, is an original color serigraph by American artist Rickey Jewell Hohimer, 1946-2021. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 250/300 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 19.5 x 23.5 inches, framed size is 26.75 x 30 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is slightly damaged at the top, and will be replaced by a new similar black frame when sold. This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Although formally trained with a MFA in painting, Rickey Jewell Hohimer has used the styles of Van Gogh and Gaughin to reach for the spontaneity and simplicity of today's folk art. Hohimer creates figures which are not photos of reality; they are romantically stylized to encourage straightforward emotional responses both to the colorful images and to the situations in which they find themselves. Each of Hohimer's paintings lays out a basic story line to which viewers add their own details. "I want the viewer to become personally involved. My paintings offer a change from those which encourage extensive intellectualizing about what the artist is trying to convey. I want viewers to smile -- to enjoy the whimsical nature of what they are experiencing -- to feel it, not to analyze it!. His jazz paintings are stories on canvas of inspired musicians spontaneously making music of the moment. Life in the jazz age is clubs and nightlife beckoning to musicians to produce jazz art...

This artwork titled "Toast" c.1990, is an original color serigraph by American artist Rickey Jewell Hohimer, 1946-2021. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 98/300 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 23.75 x 9.5 inches, framed size is 30.25 x 16.25 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is slightly damaged, and will be replaced by a new similar black frame when sold. This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Although formally trained with a MFA in painting, Rickey Jewell Hohimer has used the styles of Van Gogh and Gaughin to reach for the spontaneity and simplicity of today's folk art. Hohimer creates figures which are not photos of reality; they are romantically stylized to encourage straightforward emotional responses both to the colorful images and to the situations in which they find themselves. Each of Hohimer's paintings lays out a basic story line to which viewers add their own details. "I want the viewer to become personally involved. My paintings offer a change from those which encourage extensive intellectualizing about what the artist is trying to convey. I want viewers to smile -- to enjoy the whimsical nature of what they are experiencing -- to feel it, not to analyze it. His jazz paintings are stories on canvas of inspired musicians spontaneously making music of the moment. Life in the jazz age is clubs and nightlife beckoning to musicians to produce jazz art...

This Artwork Titlled "Hellas" 1974 is an original color etching and aquatint on Arches paper by noted American artist Clinton Blair King, 1901-1979 It is hand signed, dated, titled, dedicated and numbered 26/50 in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 17.5 x 22.75 inches, sheet size is 22 x 29.85 . It is in very good condition. The work of Clinton Blair King is held in many corporate, private collections and museums, among them: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of New Mexico, Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington and National Gallery of Art, Washington. About the artist: EDUCATION 2005 MFA Sculpture: School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2000 BFA Painting: Columbus College of Art and Design SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 SPECTRAL EVIDENCE, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York City, NY 2015 OPEN ENDED, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY. 2008 APATHY, Shiraya Art Space, Tokyo Japan​ 2001 FOR THE TIME BEING, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH GROUP ExHIBITIONS 2017 YELLOW CHAIR, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY DECONSTRUCTED Terrault Gallery, Baltimore MD TRANSCENDENCE OF US, Trans-cen-der space, Brooklyn NY 2016 THIS STRANGE GAME, Landmark Arts Building, Chelsea, NY STONE SOUP NASTY, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, New York, NY COLD SUMMER, Curated by Peter Shear, The Provincial, Chief, Michigan "TIKI" Helper Gallery, NADA art fair, Miami FL 2014 BRUTE MODERATES, with Peter Shear, Firework Gallery, Brooklyn, NY BROOKLYN BRIDGE, Curated by Justine Frischmann. George Lawson Gallery. SF, CA SUDDENLY THERE, Garis and Hahn, Bowery NYC DO IT YOURSELF, Curated by Julie Torres / Julia Schwartz B.O.S. Brooklyn NY LOOK & LISTEN, Curated by Yifat Gat. Espace Art / Galerie & Ateliers. Marseille France SORRY I"M LATE, Brooklyn Fireproof. Brooklyn NY. 2013 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU, Parallel Art space, Brooklyn, NY DONUT MUFFIN Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NYC 2012 ART BLOG "LOVE", One River Gallery, Englewood NJ BUSHWICK BASEL, Jules de Balincourt Studio, Brooklyn NY. ALTER MINIMAL, Lexicon Series Vol. 1, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY HIATUS, Urban Institute For Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2011 I CAN"T GO ON I MUST GO ON, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL. VIS -A -VIS, Backyard Projects- New York, NY NEITHER A BEGINNING OR END, Possible Projects, Philadelphia, PA 2010 A VAUGE WHOLE, Spaces, with Benjamin Bellas and Steffani Jemison Cleveland, OH 2009 i.e. ARTIST COLLECTIVE, University of Green Bay, WI i.e. ARTIST COLLECTIVE, Boots Contemporary, St. Louis, MO 2008 FLAT BLACK , Zaim Space, Yokohama, Japan. i.e.llusions, Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 i.e. BETWEEN, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL SPLIT ENDS, with Julie Curtiss...

This Artwork Titlled "Last Year at Marraketch" 1972 is an original color etching and aquatint on B.F.K Rives paper by noted American artist Clinton Blair King, 1901-1979 It is hand signed, dated, titled, dedicated and numbered 3/40 in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 15.25 x 19.5 inches, sheet size is 21.75 x 29.65 . It is in very good condition. The work of Clinton Blair King is held in many corporate, private collections and museums, among them: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of New Mexico, Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington and National Gallery of Art, Washington. About the artist: EDUCATION 2005 MFA Sculpture: School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2000 BFA Painting: Columbus College of Art and Design SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 SPECTRAL EVIDENCE, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York City, NY 2015 OPEN ENDED, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY. 2008 APATHY, Shiraya Art Space, Tokyo Japan​ 2001 FOR THE TIME BEING, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH GROUP ExHIBITIONS 2017 YELLOW CHAIR, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY DECONSTRUCTED Terrault Gallery, Baltimore MD TRANSCENDENCE OF US, Trans-cen-der space, Brooklyn NY 2016 THIS STRANGE GAME, Landmark Arts Building, Chelsea, NY STONE SOUP NASTY, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, New York, NY COLD SUMMER, Curated by Peter Shear, The Provincial, Chief, Michigan "TIKI" Helper Gallery, NADA art fair, Miami FL 2014 BRUTE MODERATES, with Peter Shear, Firework Gallery, Brooklyn, NY BROOKLYN BRIDGE, Curated by Justine Frischmann. George Lawson Gallery. SF, CA SUDDENLY THERE, Garis and Hahn, Bowery NYC DO IT YOURSELF, Curated by Julie Torres / Julia Schwartz B.O.S. Brooklyn NY LOOK & LISTEN, Curated by Yifat Gat. Espace Art / Galerie & Ateliers. Marseille France SORRY I"M LATE, Brooklyn Fireproof. Brooklyn NY. 2013 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU, Parallel Art space, Brooklyn, NY DONUT MUFFIN Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NYC 2012 ART BLOG "LOVE", One River Gallery, Englewood NJ BUSHWICK BASEL, Jules de Balincourt Studio, Brooklyn NY. ALTER MINIMAL, Lexicon Series Vol. 1, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY HIATUS, Urban Institute For Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2011 I CAN"T GO ON I MUST GO ON, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL. VIS -A -VIS, Backyard Projects- New York, NY NEITHER A BEGINNING OR END, Possible Projects, Philadelphia, PA 2010 A VAUGE WHOLE, Spaces, with Benjamin Bellas and Steffani Jemison Cleveland, OH 2009 i.e. ARTIST COLLECTIVE, University of Green Bay, WI i.e. ARTIST COLLECTIVE, Boots Contemporary, St. Louis, MO 2008 FLAT BLACK , Zaim Space, Yokohama, Japan. i.e.llusions, Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 i.e. BETWEEN, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL SPLIT ENDS, with Julie Curtiss...

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