Merle Rosen Mixed Media Drawing

Item Details

Untitled, 1983
Graphite, pastel, and colored pencil drawing on paper
Signed and dated to the lower right

Merle Rosen (1949 – 2017) was a prominent Cincinnati folk artist, creating art for more than 40 years. She showed extensively in museums and galleries including the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville, KY), Kharkiv Museum in the Ukraine, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Carnegie Arts Center (Covington, KY), Chaucer Galleries (Scottsdale, AZ), and C.A.G.E. During her lifetime, Rosen received six individual artists grants from the City of Cincinnati. In addition to institutional and private collections, Rosen’s work his housed in numerous corporate collections, including: The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati Bell, Scripps Howard, Bethesda Hospitals, Ulmer & Berne and Cardinal Aluminum. Rosen worked in a multitude of mediums and she began teaching art professionally at the age of 15 and taught throughout her career.

Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen.

Condition

- pin holes to upper corners; pastel and graphite smudges to margins and verso; discoloration along very edge, with stain in upper right margin.

Dimensions

- measures full sheet; drawing area measures 26.5" W x 20" H.

Item #

18DCC500-764