Merle Rosen Acrylic Painting on Multimedia Board "Indigenous Ceremonial Mask II"

Item Details

Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949-2017)
Indigenous Ceremonial Mask II, 1996
Acrylic on multimedia board
Signed and dated to verso
Descriptive label to verso

A monumental acrylic painting on multimedia board titled Indigenous Ceremonial Mask II by Cincinnati-based artist Merle Rosen (1949-2017), created in 1996. Featuring an abstracted face, this work is presented in a gray painted wood frame. To the verso is the artist’s signature, date, and a descriptive label.

Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen

Merle Rosen 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.

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Condition

- faint scratch and scuff marks scattered throughout; some wear in frame includes stains, scratches, nicks, and finish loss scattered throughout.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; visible image measures approximately 29.25" W x 39.25" H.

Item #

18DCC800-025