James Strombotne (American, b. 1934), Rally Round the Flag, Recognitions II, 1968 Color Lithograph
James Strombotne is a Southern California figurative painter and printmaker associated with the postwar Claremont art community. After earning his MFA from Claremont Graduate School in 1959, he taught at the University of California, Riverside for more than four decades. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Norton Simon Museum.
Rally Round the Flag (Recognitions II), 1968, color lithograph from zinc and stone in orange, blue, gray-green, and brown inks on Copperplate Deluxe paper, from the Recognitions portfolio. A crowd viewed largely from behind faces a central speaker standing beneath an oversized blue flag, the densely drawn figures and dark clothing set against a broad orange field. Printed by Manuel Fuentes and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite along the lower margin “Rally Round the Flag,” “Tam. Imp.,” and signed and dated “Strombotne ’68,” with the Tamarind and Fuentes blindstamps at lower right. “Tam. Imp.” identifies this impression as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the numbered edition. Verso inscribed “2231” and “Copperplate Deluxe,” corresponding to Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 2231. Sheet measures approximately 20 x 26 inches; image measures approximately 23 x 16.5 inches. The sheet shows light toning with minor handling and old tape remnants along the upper verso. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
Condition
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Dimensions
26 x 20 in
James Strombotne is a Southern California figurative painter and printmaker associated with the postwar Claremont art community. After earning his MFA from Claremont Graduate School in 1959, he taught at the University of California, Riverside for more than four decades. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Norton Simon Museum.
Rally Round the Flag (Recognitions II), 1968, color lithograph from zinc and stone in orange, blue, gray-green, and brown inks on Copperplate Deluxe paper, from the Recognitions portfolio. A crowd viewed largely from behind faces a central speaker standing beneath an oversized blue flag, the densely drawn figures and dark clothing set against a broad orange field. Printed by Manuel Fuentes and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite along the lower margin “Rally Round the Flag,” “Tam. Imp.,” and signed and dated “Strombotne ’68,” with the Tamarind and Fuentes blindstamps at lower right. “Tam. Imp.” identifies this impression as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the numbered edition. Verso inscribed “2231” and “Copperplate Deluxe,” corresponding to Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 2231. Sheet measures approximately 20 x 26 inches; image measures approximately 23 x 16.5 inches. The sheet shows light toning with minor handling and old tape remnants along the upper verso. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
Condition
Please review the photos for a complete understanding of condition.
Dimensions
26 x 20 in
