Architectural
Cadence---1954,
Color Serigraph.
Gordon 6. Edition
100. An unsigned proof impression apart from the numbered edition. Printed
by Floriano Vecchi, with the ‘Library of Floriano Vecchi’
blindstamp in the bottom right sheet corner and accompanied by the booklet
Sheeler Retrospective Exhibition, signed and dated in ink by
the artist, on the opening page.
Image size 6 3/16
x 8 11/16 inches (157 x 221 mm); sheet size 10 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (276
x 343 mm).
A superb, clean impression,
with fresh colors, on a large sheet of cream wove paper, with full margins
(2 1/8 to 2 3/4 inches); in excellent condition.
Architectural
Cadence was produced as a tipped-in insert to the exhibition
catalogue Sheeler Retrospective Exhibition (University of California,
1954). The catalogue includes a forward by William Carlos Williams, essays
by Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. and Fredericks Wright; 47 pgs., and 28 illustrations
(5 color).
Tiber Press, founded
in New York City in 1953 by Floriano Vecchi and Richard Miller, specialized
in fine art silk screen printing. The press produced impeccably crafted
screen prints by leading abstract expressionist artists, including Joan
Mitchell, Grace Hartigan, Alfred Leslie, and Michael Goldberg. Other artists
including Charles Sheeler, Stuart Davis, and Ben Shahn, also worked with
master printer Vecchi to create complex and sophisticated serigraphs.
Illustrated in A
Spectrum of Innovation: Color in American Printmaking, 1890-1960,
David Acton, 1990; with extensive commentary by the author..
Collections: Cleveland
Museum of Art, Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, Amon Carter Museum.
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