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Esther Fuller
'Standing Nude', Mid-century Modernist Woman Artist, San Francisco Museum of Art

circa 1953

$1,250
£943.87
€1,095.08
CA$1,756.64
A$1,957.15
CHF 1,021.72
MX$23,762.38
NOK 12,842.40
SEK 12,139.19
DKK 8,174.63

About the Item

Certification of Authenticity stamped verso; additionally accompanied by old exhibition label. Provenance: 28th Annual Exhibition of Art, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco Museum of Art, (1953). Born in Rhode Island, Esther Fuller moved to California where she studied at Mills College with notable modernists including Max Beckman, Marsh and Kuniyoshi. A member of the San Francisco Art Association, the San Francisco Women Artists and Mills College Ceramic Guild, she exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards, including from the De Young Museum in San Francisco and New York's Metropolitan Museum. Fuller was an accomplished painter and ceramic artist, and a well-known patron of the arts in Oakland, California where she was a driving force behind the formation of the Oakland Museum and served on the Museum Commission for six years, (1957-1963). She was also a prominent and influential figure in the art community of the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • Creator:
    Esther Fuller (1902 - 1980, American, Armenian)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1953
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 0.13 in (3.31 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    paper laid board. Minor corner bumping, minor toning, minor losses, minor restoration; unframed. shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416850312

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