Marion Greenwood

Eastern Memory

Marion Greenwood's original lithograph, "Eastern Memory" was commissioned by the "Associated American Artists". sometime between 1950 and 1954 when Marion Greenwood lived and worked in China from 1946 to 1948. An exhibition of her Chinese paintings was held at the A.A.A. New York gallery in the latter part of 1948. This impression of "Eastern Memory" is printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published by the "A.A.A" in New York and is signed in pencil by Marion Greenwood along the lower margin.

Eastern Memory

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Marion Greenwood (Brooklyn, 1909 - Woodstock, New York, 1970)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Eastern Memory by the American artist, Marion Greenwood	Original Lithograph	c. 1950	Signed in pencil by Marion Greenwood.	Sold
02.-		Indito (Indian Boy) by the American artist, Marion Greenwood	Original Lithograph	c. 1950 - 1960	Signed and titled in pencil by Marion Greenwood.	Available

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Title:	Eastern Memory
Artist:	Greenwood, Marion (Brooklyn, 1909 - Woodstock, New York, 1970)
Date:	c. 1950
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Note:	Marion Greenwood is arguably one of America's greatest twentieth century women artists. She left high school at the age of fifteen to study painting and printmaking at the Art Students League of New York, under John Sloan and George Bridgman (1924-1928). She then completed her education at the Academie Colarossi, in Paris. Greenwood also took lessons in lithography from Emil Ganso (1929-1930).
	At the age of twenty-two, Marion Greenwood traveled to the Southwest to paint Navajo Indians. A year later she was living and working in Mexico, where her murals brought her work to the attention of the Mexican President and of Mexico's most famous artist, Orozco. Marion Greenwood's work in Mexico made her reputation in the United States, and when she returned to America in 1936 the government frequently commissioned her for public murals.
	Marion Greenwood was a Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee (1954-1955) and at Syracuse University (1965). She was elected a full member of the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1959. Today her paintings and lithographs are included in the following collections; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Woodstock Artists Association, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Yale University Art Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
	During the Second World War, Marion Greenwood worked for and exhibited her art with the Associated American Artists of New York. The Associated American Artists was created in the mid 1930's and commissioned original graphic art from such great American masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and many others. All lithographs and etchings published by the A.A.A. were produced in editions ranging from 125 to 250 impressions. During this period, therefore, lithography became as important to her art as easel painting or murals.
	Eastern Memory was commissioned by the A.A.A. sometime between 1950 and 1954. Greenwood lived and worked in China from 1946 to 1948. An exhibition of her Chinese paintings was held at the A.A.A. New York gallery in the latter part of 1948. In an interview, the artist stated, " For about seven years after that, I still painted from my Chinese experience. I find that years later, after the sieve of time takes place, you really know more about what you want to say personally." * Eastern Memory is clearly a masterpiece of Greenwood's art. *( "Tape-Recorded Interview with Marion Greenwood at Woodstock, New York (1964)," Smithsonian Archives of American Art, http://artarchives.si.edu/ oralhist/greenw64.htm).
	Associated American Artists: the Associated American Artists of New York was founded in the mid 1930's. The Associated American Artists commissioned original graphic art from such great masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and others. It published etchings and lithographs of no less stature during the 1960's as contributing artists included Jack Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies, James Kearns, Irwin D. Hoffman and Sidney Chafetz.
Edition:	All lithographs and etchings published by the A.A.A. were produced in editions ranging from 125 to 250 impressions.
Size:	12 3/4 X 8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published by the Associated American Artists in New York around 1950. Signed in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. Containing slight light toning, else a fine impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original lithograph entitled Eastern Memory represents a prime example of the art of Marion Greenwood.
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