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Lady (WPA) by Marjorie Eakin

Lady (WPA) by Marjorie Eakin

Lady (WPA)

Marjorie Eakin

Title

Lady (WPA)

 
Artist

Marjorie Eakin

 
Year
c. 1935  
Technique
lithograph 
Image Size
14 1/2 x 11 3/4" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
about 28 impressions 
Annotations
titled in pencil in lower left 
Reference
not in GSA 
Paper
ivory wove Warren's Oldestyle 
State
published 
Publisher
California WPA Federal Art Project 
Inventory ID
AFAE189 
Price
SOLD
Description

Marjorie was born on Nov. 26, 1910 in San Francisco, California into a pioneer family. Marjorie’s grandfather was an early St Helena vintner who had settled in Napa in 1850.

At San Francisco State College she obtained a teacher's degree and a scholarship to the California School of Fine Art, where she studied under Spencer Macky, Ralph Stackpole, and Diego Rivera. During the 1930s she produced lithographs for the WPA. After her marriage to artist Jan Sabre in 1941, she specialized in painting portraits, florals, and landscapes. Marjorie lived in San Francisco until her death on June 30, 1974.

She exhibited at the San Francisco Art Academy in 1936; Utah State Art Center in 1939; the California State Fair in 1941, and the De Young Museum in 1943.