Merle Rosen Mixed Media Compositions
Item Details
Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949-2017)
Untitled (Figure Study), 1997
Pastel drawing on velour paper
Signed and dated to the verso
Unframed
Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949-2017)
Untitled (Figure), 2002
Ink painting with pastel on paper
Signed and dated to the verso
Unframed
Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949-2017)
Untitled (Abstract)
Pastel and colored pencil drawing on black paper
Unsigned
Unframed
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
- to Fair; slight accretion to velour paper surface; black paper on third piece is extremely brittle and crumbling at edges, with a few larger pieces torn off, some included.
Dimensions
- measures largest of three.
Item #
18DCC500-705