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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.185.14
People
Sheri Martinelli, American (Philadelphia, PA 1918 - 1996)
Title
Untitled
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Untitled portfolio of fifteen works by Judith Rothschild, Frank Bacher, and Sheri Martinelli
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1946
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317831

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, drypoint and engraving
Dimensions
portfolio: 45.5 x 35.8 x 1.5 cm (17 15/16 x 14 1/8 x 9/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
59/100

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.185.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Fifteen prints (five by each artist) housed in black portfolio case.
Commentary
This portfolio includes fifteen works by Judith Rothschild, Frank Bacher, and Sheri Martinelli. Its acquisition will fill a significant gap, for none of these artists are currently represented in the Prints Department. The Drawings Department owns only one large Rothschild. An Art Digest review of the portfolio in December 1946 described the group as "Three up-and-coming modernists." Judith Rothschild's bold abstractions with their strong black outlines and textured colors mirror her paintings of the same period. Frank Bacher's more rigidly geometric serigraphs are absolutely flat. Sheri Martinelli's highly-worked, velvety etchings provide a sculptural counterpoint to both Rothschild and Bacher's serigraphs. Martinelli is now also known in literary circles as a protégée of Anais Nin, a correspondent with Charles Bukowski, and the muse of Ezra Pound.

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