Rolph Scarlett Paintings
American, 1889-1984
Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Scarlett was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1889, he left Canada at the age of 18 to go to New York City and returned to Canada during the years of World War I. However, by 1924, Scarlett had established New York City as his home. While he was beginning his career as an abstract painter, he was designing stage scenery for George Bernard Shaw's play, Man and Superman and the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. In 1939, while creating the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (later the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Director Hilla Rebay began to take an interest in Scarlett's work. By 1940, he had become the new museum's chief lecturer. By 1953, the Guggenheim owned nearly 60 of his paintings and monoprints. Scarlett later became a resident of the Woodstock art colony for more than 25 years and showed his work in the Woodstock exhibits.
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Artist: Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Biomorphic
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Pastel on paper
Collection of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, R...
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Biomorphic
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family
Gouache on paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world aro...
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Gouache
Untitled 6
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Early geometric ala Kandinsky
Oil on paper
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarle...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Oil
Autumn
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil and ink on heavy cardboard; from the Samuel Esses Collection
This is a very early and somewhat uncharacteristic work for the artist with its clear debt to Expressionism.
Never ...
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1910s Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Oil, Ink
Modern Composition #2
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on artist board
Collection of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family
It is possible that this is an early modernist stage design
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious...
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1930s Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Oil
Modernist Composition #7
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on artist board
Collection of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around hi...
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1930s Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Oil
Untitled Biomorphic
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, by descent in the family
Gouache on paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around h...
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Biomorphic
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Sc...
Category
1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Biomorphic
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, by descent in the family
Gouache on paper4500
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world arou...
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Gouache
Untitled, Composition with Jagged Forms
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Estate of the artist, his estate executor Harriette Tanin, New York collector
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the wo...
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1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with a Flower
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on Paper
From the Estate of Samuel Esses and by descent
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarl...
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1940s Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century modern art
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960
Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label
23 × 18 3/4 inches
Signed ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Pastel and colored pencil on paper
Samuel Esses, estate of Samuel Esses, thence by descent
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the wo...
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1940s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of a Young Man
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache
Estate of Samuel Esses
Beautifully framed
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more tha...
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1930s Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (Lucifer and His Chariot)
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Mixed Media on Paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the arti...
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1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Mixed Media
Untitled Geometric
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Early geometric ala Kandinsky
Oil on paper
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarle...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on sketchbook cover
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than on...
Category
1950s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenhei...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Does the Black Intrude
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Estate of Samuel Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once prove...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Pastel and colored pencil on paper
Samuel Esses, estate of Samuel Esses, thence by descenbt
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Untitled, Biomorphic Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on board
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved t...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled, Surrealist Landscape
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on artist board
Provenance: Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett mor...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved t...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled, Woman
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
1940s Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Estate s tamped
Provenance: Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
1920s Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Woman with Blue Eyes
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Goauche
Provenance: Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
1940s Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Surrealist
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on artist board
Provenance: Collection of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled, Surrealist
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on artist board
Provenance: Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett mor...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting brings the casual gallery patron to an abrupt stop and forces him to spend five minutes in front of the painting, then the ends of modernism have been served,"
A major proponent of non-objective painting, Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. His work, along with that of Kandinsky, Klee, and German artist Rudolph Bauer...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
This is a large example of a non-objective painting by Rolph Scarlett. Scarlett was a painter of geometric forms and shapes. His intuitive style helped establish ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Surrealist
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting brings the casual gallery patron to an abrupt stop and forces him to spend five minutes in front of the painting, then the ends of modernism have been served,"
A major proponent of non-objective painting, Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. His work, along with that of Kandinsky, Klee, and German artist Rudolph Bauer...
Category
1930s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1950
Gouache on paper painting
Hand signed on lower right front
This is a stunning original, signed vintage 1950...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media, Pencil
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting brings the casual gallery patron to an abrupt stop and forces him to spend five minutes in front of the painting, then the ends of modernism have been served,"
A major proponent of non-objective painting, Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. His work, along with that of Kandinsky, Klee, and German artist Rudolph Bauer...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Non-Objective Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on board
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeit...
Category
1940s Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
About the artist:
Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Guelph, Ontario,...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on masonite
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic z...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil
Abstract in Three Dimensions
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Jo Aarons Gallery Label en verso
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled, Two-Headed Woman
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a ca...
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1930s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Seated Woman
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a ca...
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1930s Cubist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Abstract and Drip
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
Description
An example of Scarlett’s abstract drip painting, this untitled work has linear and geometric elements rendered in shades of black, rose, and blue and...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic...
Category
1940s Surrealist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Geometric Composition
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984)
“Geometric Composition”
Signed lower right, circa late 1930’s early 1940’s
19 ½ x 26 inches
Mixed media, Price on request
About
Rolph...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Mixed Media, Board
“Abstract Figures, 1954”
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Southampton, NY
Original mixed media painting composed of acrylic paint, watercolor with traces of aerosol spray paint on vinyl by the Canadian/American artist, Rolph Scarlett. Signed by the artist lower right and dated 1954. Condition is very good.
The artwork is housed in a contemporary matt black frame 25.5 by 21.5 inches overall. Provenance: Eric Firestone...
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1950s American Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
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Acrylic, Watercolor
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right and a double sided painting.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984)
“Abstract”
Signed and dated 1947, lower right
Gouache on paper
Provenance: Private collection, Miami Florida
About
Rolph Scarlett w...
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1940s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and artistic philosophy is closely linked with the early history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 13.75 high by 16 wide. It is signed "Scarlett" lower right.
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Abstraction
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Summit, NJ
Gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is signed "Scarlett" on the front in two places. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 10.75 x 13.5.
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1950s Abstract Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Geometric Design"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, ca 1947, abstract expressionism, gouache
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Dance
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rolph Scarlett painted and exhibited nationally over a multi decade career. Paintings by Rolph Scarlett were exhibited at the Museum of Art, at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and the University of Guelph. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum owns over sixty of Scarlett's oils, watercolors, and drawings.
The Dance, is a mixed media gouache on paper, signed, c.1950. A bright, modernist depiction of musicians and dancers...
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1950s Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Orange Face"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1945
Signed lower left
Sight size 12 x 10.5 in
Overall size in newly matted one inch wide black frame 25.5 x 21.5 in
Category
1940s Modern Rolph Scarlett Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
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