Chaim Gross - In Front of the Ark

In Front of the Ark

Chaim Gross’s original lithograph, "In Front of the Ark", was published in New York by the "Associated American Artists" in 1962 in a limited edition of two hundred and fifty signed impressions. This original impression is signed and annotated, "Artist Proof" in pencil by Chaim Gross. As in Gross’s sculpture, recurrent themes in his lithographic art deal with motherhood, childhood and his deep religious convictions. The ‘Ark’ is the Ark of the Covenant and the man portrayed is holding a Torah.

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Chaim Gross (Kolomea, Austria, 1904 - New York, 1991)
#	Image	Title	Medium	Date	Info	-
1.-		Happy Mother by Chaim Gross	Original Lithograph	1975	Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by Chaim Gross. Limited edition of 150 impressions.	Sold
2.-		In Front of the Ark by Chaim Gross	Original Lithograph	1962	Signed and annotated, "Artist Proof" in pencil by Chaim Gross. Limited edition of 150 impressions.	Available
3.-		Mother Playing by Chaim Gross	Original Lithograph	1973	Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by Chaim Gross. Limited edition of 100 impressions.	Sold

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Title:	In Front of the Ark
Artist:	Gross, Chaim (Kolomea, Austria, 1904 - New York, 1991)
Date:	1962
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Edition:	Edition of two hundred and fifty impressions (Artist Proof Impression)
Note:	Chaim Gross: Those acquainted with the history of modern sculpture will immediately recognize the name of Chaim Gross. Gross, however, was also a highly esteemed printmaker, particularly in the field of original lithography. Coming to the United States in 1921, Gross studied at the Educational Alliance in New York and at the Art Students League, under Robert Laurent. Chaim Gross began exhibiting both his sculpture and graphic art in 1935 at major expositions in Philadelphia and New York. During the following years his art was regularly included in major contemporary shows with the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Chicago Art Institute, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
	After the Second World War, Chaim Gross's sculptures were commissioned world wide by such institutions as the Main Post Office, Washington, DC, the Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, and the Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York. He was also the President of the Sculptors Guild of America and a full member of Artists Equity, the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. For a number of years, Chaim Gross was also influential as a professor of printmaking and sculpture in New York at both the Educational Alliance and at the New School for Social Research.
	As in Chaim Gross' sculpture, recurrent themes in his lithographic art deal with motherhood, childhood and his deep religious convictions. This original lithograph, the ‘Ark’ represents the Ark of the Covenant and the man portrayed is holding a Torah.
	During the 1960's and 1970's a number of Chaim Gross' original lithographs were published by the Associated American Artists of New York, in editions ranging from 100 to 250 numbered impressions. The A.A.A. 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. In later decades its artists included Jack Levine, Marion Greenwood, Sidney Chafetz and Chaim Gross. In Front of the Ark was commissioned by the Associated American Artists in 1962.
Size:	13 X 10 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $495.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon rag paper and with full, deckled margins as published by the Associated American Artists of New York on the above date. Signed and annotated, "Artist Proof" in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. A fine, strong impression and in excellent condition throughout. In Front of the Ark represents a prime example of the famous art of Chaim Gross.
Subject:	Chaim Gross, "In Front of the Ark", original lithograph, Ark of the Covenant, Torah, President of the Sculptors Guild of America, Associated American Artists.
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