1950s Modernist Portrait by Jean Margolin

Item Details

Pastel on paper

An original pastel on paper by American artist Jean Margolin from the mid 20th Century. A modernist portrait of a man with expressive black brushstrokes. Signed and dated (’52) in ink lower right. Unframed.

Jean Spielberg Margolin (b. 1926) was an American artist born in New York City. A member of the Graphics Workshop Collective, Margolin was educated at Indiana University and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture where she was the recipient of the 1st Prize Purchase Award in 1954. Her work has been exhibited at the John Herron Art Museum (Indianapolis), the Speed Art Museum (Louisville) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work remains in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

Condition

-some roughness to uneven edges

Dimensions

-approximate size of piece

Item #

17DAL221-027