Merle Rosen Graphite Drawings

Item Details

Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949 – 2017)
Untitled, 1989-1990
Graphite on paper
Signed and dated to the verso

A collection of four graphite drawings on paper by listed Cincinnati artist Merle Rosen (1949 – 2017), dated 1989-1990. These works depict minimalistic compositions rendered with bold energetic delineations. Three of the works are signed and dated in graphite to the verso.

Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen

Merle Rosen (1949 – 2017) was a prominent Cincinnati folk artist, practicing in Cincinnati 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

- smudges to pigment.

Dimensions

- each drawing measures.

Item #

18DCC337-085-001