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Mid Modern Abstract Expressionist Study in Blue; American, Circa 1970.
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Description
Mid-modern abstract expressionist cityscape study in blue; watercolor on board, mounted in a gilt frame with linen matting, California Abstract Artist, Shirley Rapp, unsigned, American, circa 1970. The composition is a meditation in muted hues of azure and earthier buff which offer contemplation and serenity.
height: 35 in. 89 cm.
width: 27 in. 68.5 cm.
Artist’s statement: Shirley Mariani (Rapp) (b.1941, California) grew up in Georgia and on the family farm in a small Midwestern town. Her imagination was influenced by an emblematic horizon that was offered the possibilities of bright lights and big dreams, beyond the American farmlands. Journeys across the states and moving often brought many tales, opportunities, and changed her life. Art is a medium in which Mariani expresses herself by bringing memories of her past into her present life. She loves abstract and calls it both a piece of heaven and a representation of herself. “I think I’ve been abstract my whole life and it’s a representation of how I see all things. I did abstract things. In fact, I think my whole life has been an abstraction. As a child on the farm I would work in the garden and I would think, vegetables are strange, unique, curious. Whereas the barn, which you see often in my work, represented stability for me.” https://shirleymariani.com/artist-copy/ -
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Documentation: Makers Label/Invoice Origin: United States, California Period: 1950-1979 Materials: watercolor on board Condition: Good. very good; aging to matte and paper Creation Date: Circa 1970 Styles / Movements: Abstract Expressionism Dealer Reference #: JG-366 Incollect Reference #: 516688 -
Dimensions
W. 27 in; H. 35 in; W. 68.58 cm; H. 88.9 cm;
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