1960s "Pastel Abstract Landscape" Nyc Artist

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Edith Isaac-Rose
"Pastel Abstract"
1960s
Pastel on paper
6.5"x7.25 unframed
Signed in pencil lower right. Came from a portfolio of … more Edith Isaac-Rose
"Pastel Abstract"
1960s
Pastel on paper
6.5"x7.25 unframed
Signed in pencil lower right. Came from a portfolio of her work.

Excellent Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history.

Born in Chicago in 1929, and neé Ganansky-Teitelbaum, she graduated from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1951 and moved to New York in 1959 where she lived ever since. Taking as her professional name her parents’ first names, Edith was a prolific artist working first as an abstract expressionist then turning in the 1980s to figurative, political work consisting of drawings, paintings, and embroideries which she called “Daily Rage”.

She had been represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery and her work is in the Hirshhorn Museum as well as numerous private collections.

Edith, along with her partner of 35 years, Bea Kreloff, (1925-2016), founded Art Workshop International in 1981 where they held art and writing workshops in Assisi, Italy, Monhegan Island, Maine, and Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
They were both actively involved with the anti-war movement, gay liberation and women's issues. less