Cathal Brendan O'Toole Drawings and Prints

Item Details

Percussion, 1982
Graphite drawing on paper; ink drawing on paper; etching on paper; lithograph on paper
Signed in plate to the lower right of lithograph; Unsigned
Estate stamp to the verso

A collection of a graphite drawing on paper, an ink drawing on paper, an etching on paper, and a lithograph on paper titled Percussion by well-listed Irish-American artist Cathal Brendan O’Toole (1904-1991), dated 1982. These pieces feature various stages of development of the abstract composition before the final lithographic form. The artist’s signature is in plate to the lower right corner of the lithograph. These pieces all contain the artist’s estate stamp to the verso. All are presented unframed.

Irish-born artist Cathal Brendan O’Toole was known for his paintings, engravings and etchings including Chariot (1936). O’Toole first began to study fine art at the Glasgow School of Art before moving to New York to become a commercial artist after a stint as captain in the Irish Republican Army. O’Toole continued his studies in New York City at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. Later, he started his career teaching at Finch Junior College. During his lifetime O’Toole received much sponsorship for his work, including two Tiffany Foundation fellowships and the Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship in 1934. His work has been exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy Museum (New York), and the Virginia Museum of Art as well as many others.

Condition

- heavy billow to papers; wear to edges of papers; toning to papers; loss of paper to lower edge of etching; heavy tearing to right and lower margins of lithograph; creasing to corners of papers; small tears along margins of papers; graphite measurements to margins of papers.

Dimensions

- measures largest sheet.

Item #

18DCC790-040