ADOLPH GOTTLIEB RARE 1998 LITHO PRINT FRAMED MODERNIST POSTER " APAQUOGUE " 1961

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THIS ADOLPH GOTTLIEB RARE VINTAGE 1998 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST LITHOGRAPH PRINT CUSTOM FRAMED MUSEUM POSTER " APAQUOGUE " 1961, IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
THE MODERNIST LITHOGRAPH PRINT POSTER IS PUBLISHED BY THE MCGAW GROUP, LLC. FOR THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1998, COPYRIGHT THE ADOLPH AND ESTHER GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION / LICENSED BY VAGA, NEW YORK, NY. IT FEATURES AN ARTWORK IMAGE ORIGINALLY CREATED BY GOTTLIEB IN 1961 TITLED " APAQUOGUE ".
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB ( 1903 - 1974 ) WAS AN AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER, SCULPTOR AND PRINTMAKER OF A JEWISH BACKGROUND. HE WAS OF THE FIRST GENERATION OF EARLY ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS. DURING THE 1920'S - 1930'S HE FORMED LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING BARNETT NEWMAN, MARK ROTHKO, AND MILTON AVERY. GOTTLIEB AND NINE OTHER ARTISTS BECAME KNOWN AS " THE TEN ", THEY EXHIBITED THEIR WORKS TOGETHER UNTIL 1940.
LATER IN THE 1950'S GOTTLIEB FORMULATED IMAGES THAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE " BURST " AND " IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE ". HE CREATED THIS TYPE OF PAINTINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS CAREER. THEY WERE  VARIATIONS OF SIMILAR ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THE SERIES SUGGESTS A LANGUAGE OF SIMPLIFIED LANDSCAPES WITH SUN AND GROUND. HE WAS A MASTERFUL COLORIST WITH HIS USE OF COLOR BEING PARTICULARLY CRUCIAL. HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST COLOR FIELD PAINTERS AND IS ONE OF THE FORERUNNERS OF LYRICAL ABSTRACTION.
HE REMAINED ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE 1960'S, IN 1968 THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK COLLABORATED ON A MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF HIS ART THAT FILLED BOTH MUSEUMS. THIS REMAINS, TO DATE THE ONLY COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THESE TWO MAJOR INSTITUTIONS. HE WAS THE FIRST ARTIST OF HIS GENERATION TO HAVE HIS ART COLLECTED BY THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ( 1946 ) AND THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM ( 1948 ). ARTWORKS BY GOTTLIEB ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MORE THAN 140 MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD.
THE RARE OUT OF PRINT FRAMED MODERNIST MUSEUM POSTER MEASURES 34 1/4" W X 28 1/2" H X 1 3/8" D. IT IS CUSTOM FRAMED WITH GLASS IN A CONTEMPORARY MODERN BRUSHED MATTE FINISH BLACK METAL FRAME MOLDING, WITH AN ATTACHED HANGING WIRE ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE FOR EASY WALL INSTALLATION.
IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CONDITION. THE POSTER PRINT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " VERY CLEAN CONDITION. IT IS BRAND NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.