Process II Construction, 1970
Lithograph, 84/100
19 2/4 x 25 1/2 in.
SOLD
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Works of Art: Ibram Lassaw
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Biography: Ibram Lassaw
(American, 1913-2003)
Egyptian-born Ibram Lassaw came to the United States in 1921 and became a citizen in 1928. In 1936 he was a founder of the American Abstract Artists organization, which held its first meeting in his studio. In 1949, he became a charter member of “The Club,” an organization of New York Abstract Expressionists. Much of Lassaw’s work consisted of open, welded sculptures of bronze, nickel, copper, silver and steel that look like drawings in space with strong lines, often forming three-dimensional, grid-like cage constructions. He also created acrylic and ink works on paper and canvas as well as lithography. Lassaw represented the United States at the 1954 Venice Biennale and in the 1950s and 1960s regularly showed at the Kootz Gallery in New York. Lassaw’s work is in many prominent American museums, including New York’s Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Art Museum, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y., the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. His work is also in many museums abroad, including The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Matera, Italy.
Egyptian-born Ibram Lassaw came to the United States in 1921 and became a citizen in 1928. In 1936 he was a founder of the American Abstract Artists organization, which held its first meeting in his studio. In 1949, he became a charter member of “The Club,” an organization of New York Abstract Expressionists. Much of Lassaw’s work consisted of open, welded sculptures of bronze, nickel, copper, silver and steel that look like drawings in space with strong lines, often forming three-dimensional, grid-like cage constructions. He also created acrylic and ink works on paper and canvas as well as lithography. Lassaw represented the United States at the 1954 Venice Biennale and in the 1950s and 1960s regularly showed at the Kootz Gallery in New York. Lassaw’s work is in many prominent American museums, including New York’s Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Art Museum, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y., the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. His work is also in many museums abroad, including The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Matera, Italy.
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