Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003), Figure in Foliage, 1961 Lithograph
Harold Altman (American, 1924–2003) was a painter, printmaker, and educator best known for linear etchings and color lithographs depicting figures, pathways, and gathering places within the parks of New York and Paris and the rural landscape of Pennsylvania. He studied at the Art Students League, Black Mountain College, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and Cooper Union, and later taught for much of his career at Pennsylvania State University. Awarded a Tamarind Lithography Fellowship in 1961, Altman worked with printers including Garo Antreasian to translate his delicate drawing into layered lithographic textures. His honors included two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Figure in Foliage, 1961, lithograph printed on natural Rives BFK wove paper, printed by Garo Antreasian and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. An isolated figure, reduced to a narrow pale silhouette, stands before a wide dark mass built from tightly crossed crayon strokes. Inscribed in pencil “Tamarind Impression” at lower left and signed “Altman” at lower right, with the Garo Antreasian “GH” and Tamarind bell blindstamps at lower left. A spiral blindstamp appears at lower right. The edition consisted of ten numbered impressions plus nine Tamarind impressions; the inscription identifies this sheet as one of the workshop impressions outside the numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 21 × 15 inches. The sheet shows light toning with minor handling along the lower edge; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Harold Altman (American, 1924–2003) was a painter, printmaker, and educator best known for linear etchings and color lithographs depicting figures, pathways, and gathering places within the parks of New York and Paris and the rural landscape of Pennsylvania. He studied at the Art Students League, Black Mountain College, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and Cooper Union, and later taught for much of his career at Pennsylvania State University. Awarded a Tamarind Lithography Fellowship in 1961, Altman worked with printers including Garo Antreasian to translate his delicate drawing into layered lithographic textures. His honors included two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Figure in Foliage, 1961, lithograph printed on natural Rives BFK wove paper, printed by Garo Antreasian and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. An isolated figure, reduced to a narrow pale silhouette, stands before a wide dark mass built from tightly crossed crayon strokes. Inscribed in pencil “Tamarind Impression” at lower left and signed “Altman” at lower right, with the Garo Antreasian “GH” and Tamarind bell blindstamps at lower left. A spiral blindstamp appears at lower right. The edition consisted of ten numbered impressions plus nine Tamarind impressions; the inscription identifies this sheet as one of the workshop impressions outside the numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 21 × 15 inches. The sheet shows light toning with minor handling along the lower edge; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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21 x 15 in
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