Doug West

La Mer (The Sea)

Doug West's original silkscreen (serigraph) "La Mer" (The Sea) is printed upon pure rag paper and with full, bevelled margins as published in a signed and numbered edition of 130 impressions in New York in 1985. This impression bears blindstamp of the publisher, John Szoke Graphics in the lower right corner and is signed, dated and numbered, ‘49/130’ by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A fine, contemporary painter and printmaker, Doug West is known primarily for his landscapes of the American Southwest. "La Mer" would seem to represent a scene of the coastline in either Southern California or in Hawaii. During the 1970’s the artist spent considerable time in both States.

La Mer (The Sea)

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Title:	La Mer (The Sea)
Artist:	West, Doug (Born, Riverside, Ca, - Resides, Arroyo Seco, New Mexico)
Date:	1985
Medium:	Original Silkscreen (Serigraph)
Publisher:	John Szoke Graphics, New York
Edition:	Edition of one hundred and thirty impressions.
Note:	Doug West: A contemporary American landscape artist, Doug West studied art techniques at the University of Southern California and graduated in 1970. He then moved to Hawaii where he taught for a period of four years. West moved to New Mexico around 1975 and first settled in Santa Fe. He created his premier silkscreen (or serigraph) there in 1977 and during the following decades devoted much of his artistic oeuvre to this graphic medium. During the following years the artist gained national recognition for his fine prints and paintings of the dramatic landscapes of the American Southwest.
	In 2012 the U.S. Postal Service selected a Doug West painting for the stamp to commemorate the centennial of New Mexico’s statehood. Today the art of Doug West is included in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Smithsonian Institution, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Riverside Art Museum and the U.S. State Department. The artist currently lives and works in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico.
	An original silkscreen (serigraph) by the contemporary painter and printmaker, Doug West, "La Mer" was published in New York City in 1985 in a signed and numbered edition of 130 impressions. Known primarily for his landscapes of the American Southwest, "La Mer" would seem to represent a scene of the coastline in either Southern California or in Hawaii. During the 1970’s the artist spent considerable time in both States.
Size:	21 X 14 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	UnMatted
Condition:	Printed upon pure rag paper and with full, bevelled margins as published in New York in 1985. Bearing the blindstamp of the publisher in the lower right corner and signed, dated and numbered, ‘49/130’ by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. This is a finely printed impression and is in excellent condition throughout. "La Mer" (The Sea) represents a striking, original example of the famous landscape art of Doug West.
Subject:	Doug West, "La Mer" (The Sea), original Silkscreen or Serigraph, coastline in either Southern California or in Hawaii, contemporary American landscape artist, landscapes of the American Southwest, Arroyo Seco, New Mexico.
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