Merle Rosen Pastel Drawing

Item Details

Untitled, 2003
Pastel and graphite drawing on paper
Signed and dated to the verso

A pastel drawing on paper by listed Cincinnati artist Merle Rosen (1949-2017), dated 2003. This work features a quirky portrait rendered with saturated, metallic hues. It is signed and dated to the verso.

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.

Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen.

Condition

- some billowing and debris to paper.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC500-1005