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Sid Chafetz
Columbus, Ohio State Artist Lithograph "Heavenly Bliss" Angels, Biplane

1998

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Description: Medium: Lithograph. Hand signed and editioned BAT Print Image Size: 26 x 16 inches. Print Edition: 8. Alternate Medium: Color lithograph. Ink(s): blue, green, yellow, pink, black. Support: Rives BFK paper. A man and woman dressed in white academic gowns embrace amorously while floating above the Ohio State University campus. A golden halo, bi-plane, smiling sun, and God's feet appear in the sky above the couple. An ink and pencil preparatory drawing titled Last Tango in Columbus, with appliqué corrections on the figures, also exists. The composition is similar to Mars and Venus - Last Tango in Columbus. On deckle edged art paper. This is from a large collection of his pieces. Sid Chafetz (1922-) Born in Providence Rhode Island, Sid Chafetz became an art professor and noted printmaker, specializing in subjects such as politics, portraits, and the Holocaust. His methods included woodcuts and relief linoleum blocks From 1948-82, he was Professor of Art at Ohio State University and became a Professor Emeritus there. His printmaking specialty is woodcut printing and intaglio relief prints. He lived in Columbus, Ohio. He received his training at the Rhode Island School of Design; L’Ecole Americaine des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau; L’Academie Julien, Paris; and with artists Fernand Léger and Stanley Hayter in Paris. He started teaching at Ohio State University in 1948 from where he retired in 1982, although he continues to maintain a studio there. He has had numerous exhibitions in both the U.S. and abroad and his works are in the collections of many major museums including: the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Museums; the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Smithsonian Museum; the Pierpont Morgan Library; The Dahlem Museum, Berlin; and the New York Public Library. His output over his long artistic career has been almost entirely prints whose subject matter has explored politics, portraiture, the university community, personal biography, and the holocaust. In a catalogue produced as part of a retrospective exhibition at The Ohio State University Gallery of Fine Art. He has been the recipient of many honors and awards including two Fulbright fellowships and a Ford Foundation grant. He was selected as outstanding printmaker by the Mid-American Print Council and was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design and later elevated to Academician. His work is included in private and public collections in the U.S., Africa, Europe, South America, Israel and Japan
  • Creator:
    Sid Chafetz (1922 - 2013, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1998
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38213383702

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