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| Artist: Arthur
W. Dow American (1857-1922) |
| Plate: PM. 41 |
| Title: Modern Art |
Description: Condition
A.
Original lithograph from the "Das
Moderne Plakat" series, View
entire collection (50)
Printed by Verlag von Gerhard Kuhtmann, Dresden, 1897.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing
labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat.
Certificate of Authenticity.
See our Terms of Sale |
| Plakat Sheet Size: |
8 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in |
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21 cm x 29 cm |
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Price: $350.00 USD
Other version available
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"One of the most important painters and teachers at the turn
of the century. Trained in France, he was a painter of conventional
landscapes in a Barbizon style up until 1891. That year, a book of
Hokusai's prints led him to Ernest Fenollosa, curator of Japanese
art at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, from whom he gained a thorough
understanding of Japanese composition. His ability to combine the
two traditions brought him critical acclaim…Dow designed…the
most original and beautifully printed poster of the decade, a triumph
of lithographic printing by Boston's Louis Prang and company (for
the magazine 'Modern Art'). (Lauder
p.186)
Arthur Wesley Dow
An influential artist and teacher, Dow's own work was heavily influenced
by the "floating world" (ukiyo-e), of the Japanese woodblock masters
and other Asian art influences, as well as the Arts and Crafts movement
of William Morris in England. A teacher at many of America's most
prominent art institutions (Pratt Institute, Columbia University Teachers
College, the Arts Student's League, and his own Ipswich Summer School
of Art), Dow's influence spread far and wide, including Georgia O'Keeffe,
who was his most famous inspiration. Perhaps his most lasting gift
to the art world was his 1899 manual, Composition: A Series of Exercises
in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers, which became
a standard art text at schools across the nation. Dow's most famous
poster, reproduced in the Maitres de l'Affiche was for the magazine
entitled Modern Art . (Swann
Sale 2016, Lot 40)
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