| Title: |
Harbor Scene |
| Artist: |
Smith, Lawrence Beall (Washington, D. C., 1909 - Cross River, New York, 1993) |
| Date: |
c. 1960 |
| Medium: |
Original Lithograph |
| Publisher: |
Associated American Artists, New York |
| Edition: |
Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered
39/250. |
| Note: |
Lawrence Beall Smith: A premier American
painter, sculptor, lithographer and illustrator of the twentieth century,
Lawrence Beall Smith studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the
University of Chicago (PH.D.., 1931) as well as under Harold Zimmerman
and Charles Hopkinson, in Boston. Smith began exhibiting his art in 1935
and gained a strong national reputation by 1941 when a one-man exhibition
of his art was launched at the Whitney Museum in New York. During World
War II he created posters for the war effort and was an artist for the
D-Day landings in Normandy. Commissioned by the Abbott Laboratories in 1944,
Lawrence Beall-Smith also served as a war correspondent covering the activities
of the Medical Corps in Europe. Throughout the following years, Smith's art
figured prominently in most major exhibitions, including those of the prestigious
National Academy. |
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Besides his paintings and sculptures in stone, Lawrence Beall Smith was
also a highly gifted lithographic artist and illustrator. In this latter
category, he illustrated such fine books as Robin Hood (1952),
The History of Tom Jones; A Foundling (1964)Toby and the Nightime (1963)
and other well-known books. Today examples of his original lithographs, paintings and sculpture
are included in the permanent collections of such major galleries as the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
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Children are a major theme in Smith's lithographic art. From 1940 to
around 1970 he was commissioned a number of times by the Associated American
Artists of New York for his delightful lithographs upon this subject. Harbor
Scene is a fine example of his art in this genre. |
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Harbor Scene was published by the Associated
American Artists of New
York in a sole limited edition of 250 impressions. Since its creation 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 and 1970's as contributing artists from around the world
included Lily Harmon, Jacob Landau, W. B. Eberhard Eggers, Peter Klitsch,
Robert Bero, David Shapiro, Jack Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies,
James Kearns, Gregory Masurovsky, Jack Coughlin and Sidney Chafetz. Lawrence
Beall Smith was one of the A.A.A. s most prodigious artists and contributed
his sought after lithographs for almost three decades. |
| Size: |
10 3/8 X 14 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $285.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in New York
in the limited edition of 250 signed impressions. Signed, titled and numbered,
'39/250',
by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Backed on board by a previous
framer but showing no sign of deterioration or staining. Else, a finely
printed impression with strong contrasts and in excellent condition throughout.
Harbor Scene represents a prime, original example of the famous lithographic
art of Lawrence Beall Smith. |
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