Charles Lassiter 1960 Whitestone Bridge Art

A watercolor and pen drawing / painting by American artist Charles Keeling Lassiter (1926-2005). This work is signed C. Lassiter and dated ‘60 in the lower right corner. The work is attached to a piece of cardboard. There is a mat. There is also ripped piece of cellophane that at one time covered the entire work. From the bountiful Davis art center website, ‘Charles Lassiter was a reclusive artistic genius active during the era of Pollock, Rothko and the Abstract Expressionists. He rejected trends of Minimalism and Pop Art and produced lively, surreal figurative work in line with the visions of Jean Dubuffet and Paul Klee. Lassiter’s work has been in exhibits and is in collections of the MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Yale and the Carnegie. However due to his extreme agoraphobia, Lassiter struggled to build art world relationships crucial for exhibiting his art while he was alive.’ The artwork itself measures approximately 21.50 inches wide by approximately 14.5 inches tall. The cardboard support and mat measure