Mid-Century Modernist Lithograph Family Baby Figures Signed

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This is a stunning Hand-Signed Original Lithograph by listed Houston artist Pat Colville (b. 1931). An accomplished American artist with … Read more This is a stunning Hand-Signed Original Lithograph by listed Houston artist Pat Colville (b. 1931). An accomplished American artist with a career spanning more than six decades, Colville's work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. Her work has been widely exhibited, and she is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.

This wonderful figurative composition depicts two figures holding a baby and is an excellent early example of Colville's work. Signed in pencil in the lower right, titled "The Family" in the lower left, and numbered 12/53. Set under glass in a vintage frame. A wonderful opportunity to own an original limited-edition work by an important Texas artist!

Certification: Certificate of Authenticity with Provenance included for items that sell for more than $500.

Condition: Very good condition. Has not been examined out of frame. Vintage frame is delicate and coming loose at corners.

Measurements: Sight size is approx 13"x7" and it is approx 21"x17" framed.

About the Artist: Pat Colville (b. New Orleans, Louisiana, 1931) currently lives and works in Houston, Texas and previously lived in New York City for thirty-five years. She received a B.S. degree from the University of Houston (1952) and a M.F.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma (1977). She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Grants, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a Benjamin Altman Award, a New York State Creative Arts Program Fellowship, and an American Association of University Women Fellowship. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Colville’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Art Museum of South Texas, San Antonio Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Mobile Museum of Art, National Academy Museum, and the DeCordova Museum. For twenty years Colville taught at The Cooper Union in New York City, as well as Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Her work holds a commitment to abstraction and is influenced by early Asian landscape paintings. (Source: Moody Gallery) See less