Description: Artist: GERRIT HONDIOUS (American, 1891 - 1970) Title: "Bal Fantastique" - 1950 - Heydenryk Fine FramesMedium: Original Lithograph on colored laid paperSignature: Signed in the plateEdition: Limited Edition of 2000, not individually numberedSize: About 12 x 9 inchesPrinter: Artist Equity Funds, Inc.Publisher: Artist Equity AssociationNotes: Part of the Improvisations Portfolio (for the Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball in New York) published by the Artist Equity Association. The portfolio consisted of advertisements for local New York City businesses where each advertisement was an original lithograph: "Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs."This Original Lithograph was produced for an annual art event in the 1950's for local businesses and major corporations largely based in New York. Historically important for corporate archivists, these are extremely rare to locate and are virtually unseen individually. The original lithographs were produced in only one edition, and included just 2,000. These lithographs are perhaps the most unique, rare, important advertising collectibles that exist for businesses and corporations.About the Artist: A modernist artist who lived in both Provincetown, Massachusetts, and New York City, Gerrit Hondius studied at the Art Students League with Max Weber and Andrew Dasburg. He also studied at the Royal Academy in The Hague. An example of his work, a 12 x 8-inch oil on paper of a Clown, is intense in characterization, feeling and creative use of fauvist, expressionist color. Hondius was influenced by French Expressionist painter and printmaker Georges Rouault. He was a WPA artist, whose mural of New York City became well known, and his primary subjects were ballerinas, landscapes, still lifes, and masked figures. Hondius had over fifty one-man exhibitions in Europe and the United States, as well as showing at New York City venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1924-26, 1932 and 1934; the 1939 World's Fair; Museum of Modern Art; Rockefeller Center; and Graham Gallery, in the 1950s. His work was exhibited posthumously in New York City WPA Art in 1977.
Price: 99.95 USD
Location: Indio, California
End Time: 2024-05-17T23:55:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: 17.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Artist: GERRIT HONDIOUS (American, 1891 - 1970)
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Type: Print
Signed By: GERRIT HONDIOUS (American, 1891 - 1970)
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Signed: Yes
Theme: Advertising
Features: Limited Edition
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Lithography
Subject: Adventure Time, Masquerade, Advertizing
