Merle Rosen 1991 Acrylic Painting "Tightrope Fall"

Item Details

Merle Rosen (Cincinnati; 1949-2017)
Tightrope Fall, 1991
Acrylic painting on canvas
Signed and dated to the canvas verso
Descriptive label affixed to the verso

Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen

Merle Rosen was a prominent Cincinnati folk artist, practicing in Cincinnati for more than 40 years. She showed extensively in museums and galleries including the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville, KY), Kharkiv Museum in the Ukraine, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Carnegie Arts Center (Covington, KY), Chaucer Galleries (Scottsdale, AZ), and C.A.G.E. During her lifetime, Rosen received six individual artists grants from the City of Cincinnati. In addition to institutional and private collections, Rosen’s work his housed in numerous corporate collections, including: The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati Bell, Scripps Howard, Bethesda Hospitals, Ulmer & Berne and Cardinal Aluminum. Rosen worked in a multitude of mediums and she began teaching art professionally at the age of 15 and taught throughout her career.

Condition

- negligible accretions to finish on frame; negligible scratches to painting lower margin.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; canvas size 30" W x 44" H.

Item #

ITMG063822