Phillip Callahan Ink Drawing of a Bending Figure
Item Details
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An ink drawing on paper of a bending figure, by listed East Coast artist Phillip Callahan (1918-1991). This loosely-rendered piece uses sparse, thoughtfully-placed lines, and depicts the figure from behind, the shape of their upper thigh visible through the draping of their garment. There is a stamped signature to the lower right of the piece, and it is matted under glass in a painted black frame with a wire for hanging.
Phillip Callahan was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1918. By the age of eighteen his work had been exhibited in several galleries throughout New York. Callahan received his formal artistic training at the Worcester Institute of Fine Art in 1937 as well as the Advanced School of the Boston Museum of Fine Art. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris before World War II broke out. Callahan enlisted in the United States Army in February of 1941. After the war he returned to the United States and began studying at the Art Students League of New York. It was during this time that Callahan studied under Czech-American modernist painter, Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984). Callahan’s earlier works, remained ultimately realistic with slight abstraction. However, after studying in New York and Europe his work started to become abstraction. By the 1950s and 1960s his work became completely non-objective.
Condition
- nicks and minor wear to frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame; visible artwork measures: 8.75" W x 7.0" H.
Item #
17IND158-019
