Merle Rosen Pastel Drawing

Item Details

Untitled, 2005
Pastel drawing on paper
Signed to the verso

A pastel drawing on paper by listed artist Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949- 2017), dated 2005. This piece depicts an abstracted blue figure with a small red hat. The artist’s signature is present to the verso and the piece is presented as loose work.

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

- minor wear surface wear.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC500-1045