Colette

The Last Stitch, Contemporary Lithograph by Colette

1979

Colette (aka Colette Justine), Tunisian/American (1952 - ) - Real dream II, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: ...

Colette (aka Colette Justine), Tunisian/American (1952 - ) - Pink Kool Aid, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: ...

Untitled, 2019 by Ana Seggiaro From the series "Durero" Embroidery on printed cloth 35 cm H x 30 cm W Unframed Ana Seggiaro's training as an engraver awakens her fascination for the...

The present print, "Victoria," is the most iconic example of the printmaking of Malvin Marr Albright, called Zsissly. The composition for the image comes from Albright's painting from about 1935, done while he was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago. We can see clearly in the image how he possesses the same skill for unsettling, magic realist images as his more famous twin brother Ivan Le Lorraine: The lady Victoria sits at a dining room table, surrounded by luxurious still-life objects. All the textures and surfaces of the image express a horror vacui as seen in his painted works, such as "The Trail of Time is Dust" at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. The door in this print recalls one of the more famous works by his brother, "That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)" at the Art Institute of Chicago. 1947, after ca. 1935 original painting 8 1/2 x 13 inches, image 12 x 16 inches, sheet 16 1/4 x 20 1/2 frame Signed in pencil, lower right Title in pencil, lower left Published by Associated American Artists Inc. Unnumbered from the edition of 250 A painter and sculptor, Malvin Albright was born in Chicago, one of twin sons of Adam Emory Albright, famous Chicago figure painter of juvenile subjects, who often used Malvin and his brother Ivan Le Lorraine as models. Malvin's middle name, Marr, was after Wisconsin artist Carl von Marr...