Vintage Original Signed Annette Robyns Etching Modernist Abstract Mid Century Art

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This is a beautiful Vintage Original Hand-Signed Etching by listed American artist Annette Robyns (1914–1994) titled "September Song." Executed in … Read more This is a beautiful Vintage Original Hand-Signed Etching by listed American artist Annette Robyns (1914–1994) titled "September Song." Executed in Robyns' distinctive modernist style, the composition combines elegant organic forms with intricate etched line work and rich tonal contrasts. This is a wonderful example of her printmaking and reflects the influence of her studies with renowned artist Fernand Léger. Signed in pencil, titled, and numbered 7/25 from a scarce limited edition of only 25 impressions. Sold unframed as shown.

Condition: Very good vintage condition on beautiful thick laid paper. The print presents beautifully with strong impression quality and wide margins.

Measurements: Strike is approx 9"x10" and it is approx 13.5"x12" total paper size.

About the Artist: Annette Robyns was born in New York on February 8, 1914. Robyns (neé Annette Robyns Rabinowitz) studied at the New York School of Industrial Art and continued in Paris with Fernand Leger. In the 1940s she settled in Los Angeles and obtained her M.A. degree at California State University. After her marriage to actor Donald Elson in 1961, she established the Robyns-Elson Gallery where she sold her works as well as those of other modernists. She exhibited with the Laguna Beach and Westwood Art Associations. Mrs. Elson died in Los Angeles on January 21, 1994. (Source: Edan Hughes) See less