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Artist |
Katzen, Lila |
Object Name |
Watercolor |
Title |
Abstract in Orange and Brown |
Date |
1956 |
Medium |
Watercolor on paper |
Dimensions |
15 in. x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm) |
Accession Number |
2476.0.0 |
Credit line |
Gift of Lily Harmon |
About This Work |
Lila Katzen, born Lila Pell in 1925, is one of the more well-known artists in this exhibition. In the 1940s, she attended the Art Students League and Cooper Union, both in New York, and in 1948, she studied painting under Hans Hofmann (1880-1966). Her first solo exhibition was at The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1955. By the late 1950s, she transitioned from painting to installation art and sculpture, which she worked in exclusively for the remainder of her career. The 1955 painting included here shows Hofmann's influence in its Abstract Expressionist style. However, Katzen's use of frenetic cross-hatching, color and texture may connect with her later interest in layering light in different colors, compositional arrangements and physical positioning. Katzen taught at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, from 1962 to 1980. Her work is included in the De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, California, and Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, among many others. Despite her illustrious career, Katzen's sculptures are undervalued based on the low prices they have achieved at auction. Information on private sales is not readily available. Unlisted: Underappreciated Women Artists from the Permanent Collection, May 28-October 2, 2022, exhibition label. |
Legal Status |
© 2022 Philip Katzen and Lila Katzen Living Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. |