Seated Figure (Abstract Woman Collage).
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Sam Maitin (1928-2004).
Seated Figure, ca. 1970.
Charcoal, gouache and decorative paper collage.
Measuring 15.5 x 20.5 inches; 22.75 x 27.75 inches framed.
Signed lower left. Excellent condition.
Period frame original to the piece in mahogany with natural wood grain on sides and 22k gold leaf gilt face.
After graduating from Simon Gratz High School, Maitin won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). A painter, printmaker, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, political activist, and beloved teacher, Maitin headed the Visual Graphics Communication Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication from 1965–1972 and served on the board of Woodmere Art Museum from 1995–2004. He received a number of awards, including a 1968 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He created murals and other public art for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry, the Please Touch Museum, and Hahnemann University Hospital, among others.
Maitin's work is museum collections in the United States and Europe, including (but not limited to):
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Bauersche Geisserie, Germany
Oakland Museum, California
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Currier Gallery of Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Roger Herson Figurative Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Charcoal, Gouache
