Phillip Callahan Ink and Pastel Drawing of an Abstract Figure

Item Details

Ink on paper

An ink and pastel drawing on paper by artist Phillip Callahan (1918-1991). This drawing depicts a stylized, abstracted figure seated with his arms crossed over his chest. The composition is expressed with black ink and red pastel. This work is posthumously stamped with the artist signature to the lower right. The piece is presented unframed with layered matting.

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 Ecole 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

- minor scratches along the framework.

Dimensions

- Visible image measurements are 4.75"W x 7.75"H.

Item #

18IND013-053