Lot 181
Claire Falkenstein (1909-1997)
Struttura Grafica, Three Plates
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
Claire Falkenstein (1909-1997)
Struttura Grafica, Three Plates
Three engravings, with relief, etching and aquatint printed in colours, 1963, each signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of XXX, on C.M.Fabriano wove paper, with full margins, each sheet 694 x 496mm (27 ¼ x 19 ½ in) (3) (unframed)
Claire Falkenstein was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker and jewellery designer. She taught for a time at the California School of Fine Arts alongside Clyfford Still and Richard Diebenkorn, and 1950 she moved to Paris where she studied engraving under Stanley William Hayter at Atleier 17 after it had re-located to Paris post war. Whilst at Atelier 17 she worked alongside Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti Sam Francis and Paul Jenkins, and it was there that she became most associated with Art Informel. One of her most recognisable works are the New Gates of Paradise which were commissioned by her friend Peggy Guggenheim for the entrance to her Palazzo on the Grand Canal, now known as the Guggenheim Venice.
Description
Claire Falkenstein (1909-1997)
Struttura Grafica, Three Plates
Three engravings, with relief, etching and aquatint printed in colours, 1963, each signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of XXX, on C.M.Fabriano wove paper, with full margins, each sheet 694 x 496mm (27 ¼ x 19 ½ in) (3) (unframed)
Claire Falkenstein was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker and jewellery designer. She taught for a time at the California School of Fine Arts alongside Clyfford Still and Richard Diebenkorn, and 1950 she moved to Paris where she studied engraving under Stanley William Hayter at Atleier 17 after it had re-located to Paris post war. Whilst at Atelier 17 she worked alongside Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti Sam Francis and Paul Jenkins, and it was there that she became most associated with Art Informel. One of her most recognisable works are the New Gates of Paradise which were commissioned by her friend Peggy Guggenheim for the entrance to her Palazzo on the Grand Canal, now known as the Guggenheim Venice.
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