Alexander Dobkin

Mother and Child

Alexander Dobkin's "Mother and Child" is an original lithograph printed upon wove paper and with large full margins as published in New York by the Associated American Artists between 1950 and 1960. It is signed and numbered in pencil by Dobkin along the lower margin. The brilliantly portrayed Mother and Child explores the most important relationship of this time of life. "Mother and Child" is a fine, original example of the lithographic art created by the American artist, Alexander Dobkin.

Mother and Child

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Alexander Dobkin (Genoa, Italy, 1908 - New York, 1975)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Confidence by Alexander Dobkin	Original Lithograph	1959	Signed and numbered '89/250' in pencil by Alexander Dobkin.
02.-		Mother and Child by Alexander Dobkin	Original Lithograph	c. 1950 - 1960	Signed and numbered '105/250' in pencil by Alexander Dobkin.	Sold

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Title:	Mother and Child
Artist:	Dobkin, Alexander (Genoa, Italy, 1908 - New York, 1975)
Date:	c. 1950 - 1960
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Edition:	Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered 105/250.
Note:	Alexander Dobkin: Born in Italy, Alexander Dobkin moved to New York at an early age and studied at the City College of New York and at the Art Students League, under George Bridgeman and Jose Clemente Orozco. His first one man exhibition was held at New York's A.C.A. Gallery in 1935. He later exhibited at such major institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery and the Carnegie Institute. Dobkin also illustrated a number of fine books and taught for many years in New York at both the Educational Alliance and at the Art Students League. Today his original paintings and lithographs are included in the following collections; the Butler Art Institute, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute.
	The world of the child was one of Alexander Dobkin's major themes. In both his original lithographs and paintings he constantly examined this magical time of life. The brilliantly portrayed Mother and Child explores the most important relationship of this time of life.
	Mother and Child was commissioned by the Associated American Artists of New York in 1959. 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. During the 1950's and 1960's it published lithographs and etchings by artists of no less distinction, such as, Jack Levine, Sidney Chafetz, Marion Greenwood and Alexander Dobkin. Dobkin created at least two original lithographs for the A.A.A. during this time, Mother and Child and Confidence.
Size:	14 1/4 X 11 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with large full margins as published in New York by the Associated American Artists between 1950 and 1960. Signed in pencil by Dobkin along the lower right margin and numbered '105/250' under the lower left margin. Containing faint glue & staining along the lower margin else a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Mother and Child represents a prime, original example of the famous lithographic art of Alexander Dobkin.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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