Depicts an eye catching abstract scene entitled “Glowing” in pencil at the base by the artist and numbered 1 of 1. Hand signed by the artist in the bottom right margin as well as dated 1967 which is slightly hidden by the mat. A breathtaking price composed of silvers, yellows and golds. Protected behind glass, matted and framed in a mid century gold gilded wood frame. The metal tabs holding the backing paper board in place have all broken off albeit 2 so we would recommend reframing. Clean and crisp with no holes, rips or tears. Mat shows gentle foxing. Margins show gentle wrinkles, likely from the original pressing. Measures 6 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ and visible margins/mat window measures 7″ x 5 3/4″. Frame measures 12 3/4″ x 10 3/4″. Gelb attended the Yale School of Art, graduating in 1927. [1] Supporting herself as a public school teacher, Gelb moved to New York to continue her art studies at the Art Students League. [1] She also joined the Society of American Graphic Artists where she exhibited her work in their annual exhibitions. [2] This technique inspired Gelb to create a series of methods to make textural effects on intaglio plates, including spraying the plates with aerosol cans and scratching at them with sugar and carborundum. In the 1930s, Gelb’s prints were themed around cityscapes, urban scenes of laborers and portraits, later in the 1940s her style changed towards surrealism and dream symbolism. [1] While working at Atelier 17 in the late 1940s, Gelb produced a relief series of dream-inspired etchings, printed with black ink. Gelb first exhibited her work at the Provincetown Art Association in 1949. Gelb’s later prints, made in the 1950s until the early 1970s, were abstract and based around her favourite place, the dunes of Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she and her husband, Boris Margo, owned a beach shack. Jan Gelb’s work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Baltimore Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum.
