Collection of Serigraphs on Board Including Prints by Mark Commer

Item Details

A collection of four serigraphs on board including three works by Mark Coomer (American, 1914 – 2004). The collection includes a portrait is titled Composers – Brahms, a landscape scene titled New England Covered Bridge, and Geisha with Cage. The fourth print is signed illegibly to the bottom right and depicts a cityscape. The prints are presented unmounted and without frames.

Born in Bay City, Michigan, Mark Coomer studied art in Chicago and Detroit before eventually settling in Arizona. He is known for his paintings and serigraphs, often depicting street patioscapes and urban city scenes. Coomer did almost all of his own printing, limiting his editions to 100. His preferred ground for his prints was masonite board, which combined with the permanent nature of his oil-based inks, were advertised as “washable”. Coomer exhibited his paintings and limited edition serigraphs nationally, and many can be found in private collections and institutions including the Chicago Art Institute; Challis Galleries, Laguna Beach, California; and The West and Walter-Bimson Western Art Collection housed at the University of Arizona Museum of Art.

Condition

- some wear around the edges of the works; some residue and staining to the front of the prints; to the verso, some paint marks.

Dimensions

- measurements of largest work; smallest work 9" W x 12" H x .25 " D.

Item #

17CHI180-039