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Happy Birthday Drawing: Love Barbara Nessim and Gloria Steinem

Creator: Barbara Nessim
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
In the late 1960s, Barbara Nessim and Gloria Steinem were roommates. This stylised and colorful illustration appears to be a highly personalized birthday card to their friend Mary Ann and showcases the togetherness of four friends.
We are not sure who is who in the illustration, but the work is divided into a grid of a double portrait on the top half of the composition and a double portrait that occupies the bottom half. The subject in the lower left quadrant with green hair tilts her head up towards the top pair as if to connect. At the same time, the top right female is depicted in profile and looks directly at the subject to her left, who looks at the viewer. The artist creates a tight circular dynamic that is contained within that rectangular border. The border bonds all four members and symbolizes that they exist harmoniously in the same metaphoric space. Nessim's signature style defined by free flowing thin black lines and pastel palette breaks with the conventions of illustration at the time.
Inscriptons at the bottom acknowlege the subject, the feeling and the occasion.
Signed lower right.
Overall good condition. light toning commensurate with age. slight undulations are organic to the painting process using watercolor on paper. Frame is period and has wear. Framed under glass 12.75 x 9.25

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Ink, watercolor on heavy watercolor paper
Condition:	New. Overall good condition. light toning commensurate with age. slight undulations are organic to the painting process using watercolor on paper. Frame is period and has wear.
Creation Date:	1967 circa
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Contemporary, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	817757

Dimensions

W.	8.25 in;	H.	11.75 in;
W.	20.96 cm;	H.	29.85 cm;

Message from Seller:

Robert Funk Fine Art in Miami offers an eclectic collection shaped by 45 years of experience, blending art with commercial perspectives. For inquiries or art advisory services, contact Robert Funk at decoypoet@yahoo.com or 305.857.0521.