Beth Hertz Watercolor Painting on Paper of Abstract Scene

Item Details

A watercolor painting on deckle-edge heavy stock paper by well-listed artist Beth Hertz (Dayton/New York, b. 1920). The work depicts an abstract space using with warm color gradients. Signed and dated in the lower right corner of the piece ‘E. Hertz 80’ in graphite. An inscription in graphite reads ‘Collection of Leah and Edward Hertz’ from a previous gallery description on the verso. The painting is presented unmounted and without frame.

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

- some wear around edges of paper; some paint marks and wash located to the verso.

Dimensions

- measurements of paper.

Item #

16CIN997-930-001