Merle Rosen Mixed Media Assemblage

Item Details

Merle Rosen (American; Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949 – 2017)
Untitled (figure), 1981
Assemblage with print and photographic cut-outs, ink, feather, string, and plastic charm on illustration board
Signed and dated to the verso

Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen

Merle Rosen 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.

Condition

- some curling to photographic cut-outs peeling away from ground; toning to piece and mat, concentrated towards sight and outer edges; slight warping to mat board; accretion throughout; adhesive residue to upper right corner of glass; scratches and wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible work 11.5" W x 17.75" H.

Item #

18DCC500-919