| Title: |
Halloween Parade |
| Artist: |
Sears, Sarah (Anniston, Alabama, 1953 - Resides, New York City) |
| Date: |
1987 |
| Medium: |
Original Etching & Aquatint |
| Note: |
"In my own work, I love to convey a sense of mystery.
The scenes of New York express my fascination with the City's nightly
transformation into a magical fortress of dark buildings and glowing
streets. ... In some pieces, a meaning, or a story, may not be readily
apparent, but that does not bother me -- such is the ambiguity of existence." *
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Sarah Sears: A contemporary New York City
printmaker and painter, Sarah Sears received her B.A. from Harding University,
Searcy, Arkansas (1976) and her M.A. in Printmaking from Arkansas State
University (1982). Shortly thereafter she moved to New York and began
exhibiting her fine art. Her first solo exhibitions took place in 1982
with shows at both Harding University and at the Art Connection Gallery
of St. Louis. Since that time one person exhibitions of her etchings,
relief prints and paintings have taken place at the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, New York (1983), Cartier Inc., New York (1986),
Associated American Artists (1988), the National Arts Club, New York
(1995) and the Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia (1995). Sarah Sears
has also participated in major group exhibitions with the New York Society
of Etchers, the Society of American Graphic Artists, the Boston Printmakers
and at institutions such as the National Academy of Design. |
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Created in 1987, "Halloween Parade" was included in the 1988
exhibition of the fine prints of Sarah Sears at the Associated American
Artists, New York. Vincent Price purchased an impression of this original
etching at this time. With its fine tonal values and strong, almost haunting,
elements of light and shade, Halloween Parade represents one of Sears’ greatest
New York City scenes. Of her art she states, "In many ways I am
an old fashioned artist. I have the deepest reverence for a well-done
drawing. ... Within the rectangular format and the traditional elements
of design, I have found enough possibilities for many years of individual
expression." ** |
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In 2004 Sarah Sears received the Rembrandt Graphics Award
at the 71st National Society of American Graphic Artists Exhibition.
Today her fine prints and paintings are included in such collections
as Trenton State University Print Collection, the Smithsonian Institution
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
| Edition: |
Limited edition of fifty impressions, numbered 30/50. |
| Reference: |
* Arkansas State University, Art Department, Art Alumni
Pages, Sarah Sears, http://www.clt.astate.edu/elind/alumni. |
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** Personal Correspondence with Sarah Sears. |
| Size: |
21 3/4 X 15 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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UnMatted |
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Price: $565.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper bearing the watermark
of 'T. H. Saunders, England' and with full margins as published
in New York in 1987 in the limited edition of fifty, signed impressions.
Signed, dated, titled and numbered '30/50' by the artist
in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed impression and in
excellent condition throughout. Halloween Parade stands as a superb example
of the contemporary New York City art of Sarah Sears. |
| Subject: |
Sarah Sears, Halloween Parade, original etching, aquatint, |
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