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“Outstretched Arms”

Description
Mid century charcoal and watercolor drawing with grey wash of a woman with outstretched arms by the American artist, James Joseph Kearns. Signed and dated lower right, 1960. Condition: Very good. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: Dr. Mufson estate, New Jersey. The artwork is framed in a period dark wood straited frame with wide linen mat 26.75 by 32 inches.

1924 -
An outstanding modern American sculptor, painter and printmaker, James Kearns studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University and at the University of Chicago from 1946 to 1951. Kearns's first one man exhibition took place in New York in 1956 and since that time his sculptures, paintings, lithographs and etchings have been included in exhibitions at the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts and at the Whitney Museum in New York. Museums that have purchased his art include the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. In 1960, Kearns became a professor at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He has also illustrated a number of important books, including, Can these Bones Live (1960) and The Heart of Beethoven (1962).

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New Jersey
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Charcoal and watercolor on archival paper
Condition:	Good
Creation Date:	1960
Styles / Movements:	Modernism
Incollect Reference #:	315239