Additional information
| Artist | Sterner |
|---|---|
| Country | American |
| Region | North American |
ArtistSterner, Albert Edward
Artist Years1863-1946
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitleThe Unmasking, II
Year1919
MediumPrint > Drypoint
DimensionsComposition: 12.9 X 8.9 inches
Description
Drypoint, state 2 of 2, signed in pencil on trimmed tab (Whistler style), printed in black ink on heavy, cream wove paper, thread margins. A very rare final state with the filled-in background and heavily reworked clothing. Very good condition, large surface stain on verso, not penetrating to front. Free shipping to US address.
(bx27)
Accession Number172094
NotesAlbert Edward Sterner, an American painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer and illustrator, studied art at Birmingham and at the Julien Academy in Paris, under Gerome, Boulanger and Lefebvre. Born to American parents in England, Albert Edward Sterner moved permanently to New York in 1885. Sterner first established himself as a major painter and illustrator. Among other awards, his art won prestigious medals at the Paris Salon (1891), the Paris Exposition (1900) and at the Munich Exposition (1905).
Albert Sterner was a full member of the American Water Color Society, the Lotus Club, the American Institute of Arts and Letters and of the National Academy of Design (1934). His original prints and paintings are included in the following international institutes; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the South Kensington Museum, London, the Kupferstich Kabinet, Munich, and the Royal Print Collection of Italy. Few American artists received as much acclaim throughout the world as Albert Sterner.
Original printmaking first attracted Albert Sterner around 1910 when he made some experimental lithographs with the printer, Boulton Brown. This led him to create some fine, large posters during the First World War. The medium of drypoint engraving, with its characteristic deep and furrowed lines, became Sterner's primary means of artistic expression during the final twenty years of his life. Completely designed, engraved and printed by the artist, Sterner's drypoints were published by him in small, limited editions of twenty-five to fifty impressions. These original prints, with their strong design elements, immediately placed Sterner alongside Rockwell Kent and Lynd Ward as one of America's finest printmakers of the Art Deco era.
(source: Art of the Print)
Price $850.00