Beth Hertz Watercolor Painting on Paper Abstract Composition

Item Details

A watercolor painting on deckle-edged paper abstract composition by well-listed artist Beth Hertz (Dayton/New York, b. 1920). Created in 1984, the work features a layered composition of warm squares, triangles, and rectangles. The work is dated and signed by the artist to the verso. The signature uses an ‘E’, for the artist’s full name, ‘Elizabeth’. A blind stamp for the paper manufacturer is present tot the lower left edge. Presented as a loose work without a frame or matting.

Beth Hertz studied with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and was influenced by early 20th-century Synchromism, a modernist American movement that explored the relationship between color and music. Hertz studied at the Art Students League in New York, the Dayton Art Institute, and received her MFA at Ohio University. Her paintings have been collected by museums as well as private and corporate collections in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Iowa and California.

Condition

- paper has an intentional deckle edge, which is not a sign on damage.

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Item #

16CIN997-859