Lorser Feitelson by Dorr Bothwell
Lorser Feitelson
Dorr Bothwell
Title
Lorser Feitelson
Artist
Dorr Bothwell
1902 - 2000 (biography)Year
1939
Technique
graphite drawing
Image Size
8 7/8 x 5" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right corner of the paper
Edition Size
Annotations
titled in ink above the signature, dated in pencil after the signature
Reference
Paper
thin notebook paper
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
ABMM241
Price
SOLD
Description
Dorr Bothwell did this portrait of her colleague, Modernist artist Lorser Feitelson in 1939 in Los Angeles.
In 1934 Dorr Bothwell moved from San Diego to Los Angeles to immerse herself in the post-surrealism scene spearheaded by Helen Lundberg and Lorser Feitelson. It was a pivotal time for the experimental artist who soon began to work in the WPA's mural division, which Feitelson oversaw in Southern California, followed by her introduction to the art of screenprinting, which would become her preferred medium.