Original Carol Anthony Oil Crayon on Paper "Pear" Signed 1981

Description: Original Carol Anthony Oil Crayon on Paper "Pear" Signed 1981 Good Condition This is an Original Carol Anthony Oil crayon on paper "Pear". It is Titled “Pear”. It is signed at the top Carol Anthony. The inscription at the top reads: For Ellen with love, 1981 Carol Anthony. Provenance:Private Collection, New York If you want to know more about the provenance of this piece - please message me. Measurements Approximate: Framed: 15” x 14” Just the Pear (Art) on paper: 9” x 8” Please do not make any assumption about this artwork. Most information can be found in the listing. Make sure to read it in entirety, including the item specifics, condition description, item description...as well as viewing all pictures and enlarging the pictures. All of this information is essential to the listing. Finally, this artwork is being sold as is, as shown and is not returnable. Information about Carol Anthony, American 1943 -: Carol Anthony is a poetic artist who truly lives her art. Each of her words is carefully chosen; each possession carefully placed about her straw bale home. Through solitude and simplicity, Anthony paints images reflective of her own inner light and appreciation for beauty. Carol Anthony and her identical twin sister grew up playing and drawing together. Her father was the Creative Vice President of Young & Rubicam advertising agency and a cartoonist contributor to the New Yorker, Colliers and Punch, and her mother was a singer. Anthony and her twin had an idyllic childhood playing in their apple orchard home in Connecticut. They both started drawing at age two, knowing that they were artists at an early age. When the girls were eleven, their mother was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. Anthony and her sister cared for their mother for four years until her death. The “Twin Bed Series” recalls this time in Anthony’s life. Anthony then went with her sister to boarding school in Massachusetts, where the girls expanded their horizons. They then attended Rhode Island School of Design together, where Anthony earned her bachelor’s degree. The death of their father in their mid-twenties was tragic for Anthony. She traveled in Europe for six months, coming to terms with the pain of losing both parents. Anthony’s sister moved to Mexico City with her husband and started a family, but Anthony always knew that she wanted to remain single and pursue her career as an artist. In the 1970s she became famous for her papier-mache sculptures of cartoon-like figures, a tribute to her father. One such sculpture resides in the Smithsonian’s Hirschhorn Museum. In 1978 Anthony stopped sculpting to focus on paintings without people, still lifes and simple scenes that serve as “inner landscapes”. Light appears unearthly, and fruit is often imperfect and bruised. In 1996 Anthony lost her sister to breast cancer. In her many hours of silent contemplation, Anthony has thought often of life, love and death, all of which are communicated through the metaphor of her paintings. For Anthony, life and art are inseparable, and each simple act is a benediction. Her swollen apples and pears brim with lush energy and her quiet landscapes pay homage to ordinary vistas. The primary media are oil-crayon and enamel. The rest, Anthony says, is "magic and a secret." Through her skillful utilization of materials an atmospheric quality is created that evokes a sense of mystery. Anthony's paintings and monotypes are represented in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Carnegie Institute, and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, among others. In the past she has collaborated with her identical twin sister, Elaine, who is also an artist. She earned her bachelor's degree in art at the Rhode Island School of Design, and has lived and worked in Connecticut, Washington state, and most recently, Santa Fe. SHIPPING: I ship Priority Mail within 2 business days of purchase - so you get it fast. However, sometimes the mail is quite slow and it is beyond my control. Please keep that in mind when awaiting your purchase. Carefully packed and shipped with tracking number and insurance. Feel free to message me with questions or ask me for more pictures. Thank you for looking.

Price: 499.99 USD

Location: New York, New York

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