Beth Hertz Watercolor and Pastel Painting on Paper Abstract Scene
Item Details
A watercolor and pastel painting on deckle-edge paper by well-listed artist Beth Hertz (Dayton/New York, b. 1920). Created in 1984, the work depicts an abstract scene with layers of soft color. The work is dated and signed by the artist to the verso. The signature uses an “E”, for the artist’s full name, “Elizabeth”. 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
- slight curling to the paper; pastel pigment has spread and may rub off when touched.
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Item #
16CIN997-915