Ritual by Jerome Eugene Kaplan

Ritual by Jerome Eugene Kaplan

Ritual

Jerome Eugene Kaplan

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Title

Ritual

 
Artist
Year
1962  
Technique
color lithograph 
Image Size
19 x 25 1/2" paper & image 
Signature
pencil, lower right corner 
Edition Size
4 of 20  
Annotations
dated in lower right; Tamarind chop 
Reference
Tamarind 535 
Paper
cream wove BFK 
State
published 
Publisher
Tamarind 
Inventory ID
14814 
Price
$750.00 
Description

In 1962, printmaker Jerome Eugene Kaplan was awarded a scholarship to attend the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, which at the time was still in its beginnings in Los Angeles. Having already established himself as a printmaker in Pennsylvania, he was nevertheless focused on smaller imagery in etching and woodblock, in addition to limited lithographs. His time at Tamarind allowed him to experiment with much larger stone matrices than he had previously worked with, allowing for more expressive and colorful work.

“Ritual” is one of the lithographs he created at Tamarind and marks a change in his composition: fully engaging the entire sheet, using explosive line and color, and focusing on the energy of the piece rather than the technicality. It also marks the beginning of his shift toward the less representational and into the fully abstract. An impression of “Ritual” can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1963.1534.

 
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