Louise Pershing Monumental Abstract Oil Painting
Item Details
Louise Pershing (Pennsylvania; 1904-1986)
Untitled, mid 20th century
Oil painting on masonite
Signed to the lower left
An oil painting on masonite by listed artist Louise Pershing (Pennsylvania, 1904-1986), dated mid-late 20th century. The piece depicts an abstract composition comprised of geometric forms filled with distressed muddled pigments accented with subtle bursts of yellow and pink. It is signed to the lower left and is presented in a simple wooden frame.
Louise Pershing was the niece of US Army General John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing (1860-1948). She studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts in Philadelphia as well as the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh. Most notably, she studied under celebrated abstract expressionist Hans Hoffman in Cape Cod. Louise was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, and the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She had a solo exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1945.
One of Pershing’s largest works can be found along Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. Executed in 1974, The Flow sculpture was produced from COR-TEN steel, a type of steel invented by the U.S. Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh. Inspired by a visit to their open hearth, the sculpture is an abstract depiction of steelmaking.
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Condition
- wear, dirt residues, fraying, and corner loss throughout the board; corner wear, minor dents, abrasions, stains, discoloration, and accretions to composition; paint loss, and small nail perforations throughout the edges of composition; scratches, dents, and chipping to frame; frame is coming slightly detached at the corners; overall discoloration, scratches and minor paint loss throughout the composition; extremely heavy.
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Item #
19DCC030-305