Irene Rice Pereira Art

Omega (Poem by George Reamy) Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902–1971) Date: 1953 Etching and Aquatint, signed, dated and dedicated in pencil Edition of Dedicated Proof Image Size: 14...

'Untitled' (Abstract Figure in Blue). 1954. Gouache on archival paper. Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right. Condition is very good. Under glass. Dimensions: Sight size: 23.25 in...

'Untitled' (Abstract Figure in Orange). 1955. Gouache on archival paper. Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right. Condition is very good. Under glass. Dimensions: Sight size: 23.25 ...

Irene Rice Pereira, Mixed Media on Paper (American, 1902-1971) Titled "The East Wind Carries the Seed" Hand signed l.r. "I. Rice Pereira". Paper: 14.1/8"h x 18.25"w Irene Rice Pe...

Irene Rice Pereira Composition with Figure, 1951 Inscribed, signed and dated Salford/Pereira 2/51 (lr); inscribed I Rice Pereira/2669 Great Clowes St/Sa...

Amphitrite Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1967 Pastel, acrylic on rice paper mounted on paper, signed and dated in marker Size: 36.5 x 25 in. (92.71 x 63.5 cm)

The Lapis III Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 14 x 17 inches

Blue Woman Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1958 Pastel on rice paper, signed and dated in pastel Size: 36.5 x 25 in. (92.71 x 63.5 cm)

Mercurius Bringing Day Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1940 Pastel on rice paper, signed, titled and dated in pastel 38.5 x 24.5 in. (97.79 x 62.23 cm)

The Descent of the Dove Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1967 Pastel on rice paper, signed and titled in marker, dated in pastel 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)

Sitting Woman Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) circa 1966 Watercolor, acrylic, pencil and pastel on rice paper, signed in watercolor 24 x 18.75 in. (60.96 x 47.63 cm)

ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971) Abstract 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper Signed lower right Framed by Bark BIO rene Pereira was born in 1902 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and grew up in Great Barrington. She was strongly influenced by her mother who was an amateur artist. Irene began art lessons at the age of fifteen; she took a secretarial job because her father had died. She took art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. At the age of twenty-one she married the first of three husbands, Humberto Pereira, whose name she kept. She traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa and was much inspired by the expansive vistas of the Sahara Desert. Returning to New York, she began incorporating these visions into her work, increasingly experimental in her styles and methods. At first she painted on canvas, then she devised a means of actually incorporating light into her works by painting on layers of glass and mounting the layers together. In 1942 she married George Brown, an engineer, who helped her experiment with a variety of materials. By the 1950s she became more interested in writing poetry and, divorced from Brown in 1952, she married George Reavey, an Irish Poet...

Radiant Relections. Abstract Non-Objective 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Female Artist. Signed lower right. Provenance: Estate of Foy C. Casper, Norfolk, Virginia (a close personal friend of the artist and a former director of the Irene Rice-Pereira Foundation). Sothebys American art sale October 10, 2008. The canvas measures 50 x 40. The work has been restored, relined and is housed in its original frame, made by the artist's second husband, George Wellington Brown, a marine engineer from Boston. BIO Periera was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who played a significant role in the development of modernism in America. She is known for her work in the Geometric abstraction, Abstract expressionist, and lyrical abstraction genres and her use of the principles of the Bauhaus school. She helped found the Federal Art Project...

Chalk on black paper 1963. (Inscribed 1963) Signed and Dated. I.Rice Pereira was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who playe...

The Sewn Seed Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) circa 1966 Watercolor and Acrylic on rice paper, signed in pencil, titled in sharpie 23.5 x 18.5 in. (59.69 x 46.99 cm)

The Lapis V Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 13.75 x 17 inches

The Lapis IV Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 13.75 x 16.75 inches

The Dove of Light Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) circa 1966 Charcoal, Acrylic, and Pastel on rice paper, signed in pastel, titled in marker 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)

Mars Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) Creation Date: 1966 Acrylic and pastel on rice paper, signed, dated, and titled in pastel Size: 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)

Descent of Mercurius Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1962 Pastel and Acrylic on rice paper, signed, titled and dated in pastel Size: 35 x 23.75 in. (88.9 x 60.33 cm)

I . Rice Pereira Abstraction Pastel. Signed. 9 1/8 x 5 7/8" I.Rice Pereira was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who played a significant rol...