Ernst Van Leyden (American, 1892-1969), Rotation I, 1967 Color Lithograph
Ernst Van Leyden (1892–1969) was a Dutch-born American visual artist whose career moved from expressionist painting toward abstraction. He trained in Europe and worked internationally before emigrating to the United States during World War II, later spending a decade in California. Known early for murals and frescoes, he began making abstract work in 1948. His later prints use overlapping shapes and translucent color to suggest instruments, diagrams, and mechanical systems. Van Leyden worked at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in 1967, producing an extensive group of experimental color lithographs. His work is held by the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art.
Rotation I, 1967, color lithograph from stone and aluminum in orange, green, yellow, and violet on natural Nacre paper. A large circular form fills the sheet, built from radiating black lines and overlapping geometric forms in ochre-orange, turquoise-green, violet, and white against a textured yellow field. The National Gallery of Art identifies the work as Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 1934. Printed by Donald Kelley and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite at lower left “Tam. Imp.” and signed and dated “Leyden 67” at lower right, with the Tamarind and Kelley blindstamps; the verso is inscribed “1934.” “Tam. Imp.” identifies this example as an impression retained by the workshop outside the regular numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 26 x 26 inches. The sheet shows light overall toning and minor handling, with three remnants of old mounting tape along the upper verso. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Ernst Van Leyden (1892–1969) was a Dutch-born American visual artist whose career moved from expressionist painting toward abstraction. He trained in Europe and worked internationally before emigrating to the United States during World War II, later spending a decade in California. Known early for murals and frescoes, he began making abstract work in 1948. His later prints use overlapping shapes and translucent color to suggest instruments, diagrams, and mechanical systems. Van Leyden worked at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in 1967, producing an extensive group of experimental color lithographs. His work is held by the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art.
Rotation I, 1967, color lithograph from stone and aluminum in orange, green, yellow, and violet on natural Nacre paper. A large circular form fills the sheet, built from radiating black lines and overlapping geometric forms in ochre-orange, turquoise-green, violet, and white against a textured yellow field. The National Gallery of Art identifies the work as Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 1934. Printed by Donald Kelley and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite at lower left “Tam. Imp.” and signed and dated “Leyden 67” at lower right, with the Tamarind and Kelley blindstamps; the verso is inscribed “1934.” “Tam. Imp.” identifies this example as an impression retained by the workshop outside the regular numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 26 x 26 inches. The sheet shows light overall toning and minor handling, with three remnants of old mounting tape along the upper verso. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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