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Jonathan GreenBESSIE MAE Signed Lithograph Linocut Plus Size Female Singer on Stage Red Dress 1995
1995
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BESSIE MAE is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph/linocut by the African American artist JONATHAN GREEN printed in 10 colors using hand lithography techniques and linoleum cut on heavyweight archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. BESSIE MAE is a visually striking contemporary portrait portraying a plus size female singer on stage, dressed in a vibrant red floor length dress standing in front of a 1930s style ring microphone. Her bold presence is strikingly engaging to the viewer creating anticipation for a stellar performance to remember!
Print size - very large vertical composition 49.75 x 37 inches, unframed, mint condition, Predominant colors are blue, red, yellow, peach pink, gray and black, pencil signed by Jonathan Green, Certificate of Authenticity will be provided
Image size - 42 x 31 inches
Edition size - 175
Year published - 1995
About the artist-
Painter and printmaker Jonathan Green is considered one of the most important contemporary painters of the Southern experience. Born on August 9, 1955, in Gardens Corner, South Carolina, Green was the second of seven children. He was raised in the home of his maternal grandmother, Eloise Stewart Johnson, where he learned the Gullah dialect and culture of the coastal Southeast.
Green’s interest in the arts was first nurtured as a student at Beaufort High School. After graduation, Green joined the U.S. Air Force in order to travel and obtain an education. He then attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a B.F.A. degree in 1982, making him the first known artist of Gullah heritage to receive formal artistic training at a professional art school.
The artwork of Green is heavily influenced by his Gullah heritage with vividly colored paintings and prints documenting everyday chores, in addition to celebrating Gullah life’s rites of passage. By returning his art to his childhood upbringing, Green has created an autobiographical body of work in addition to documenting a vanishing way of life.
Since 1982, Green has participated in four traveling exhibitions throughout the United States and forty-eight solo exhibitions. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including The Morris Museum (Augusta, Georgia), The Afro-American Museum of Philadelphia, The Naples Museum of Art (Naples, Florida) and The IFCC Cultural Center (Portland, Oregon). Green has received awards recognizing both his work and his civic contributions. In 1996, Green received an honorary doctorate from the University of South Carolina, the same year a book, Gullah Images: The Art of Jonathan Green, reproducing a large number of his pieces was published. In 2009, Green received the Key of Life Award for his contributions and achievements in the visual fine arts from the NAACP at the organization’s fortieth Image Awards.
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Artist statement - "I am drawn to rural environments that afford a sense of space and silence and an opportunity to unobtrusively observe daily functions of others as we all pursue life's mission of work, love and belonging.… It is the small, but critical tasks of daily life that I find most stimulating and reflective of the quality of essential, personal, community, and social values."
- Creator:Jonathan Green (1955)
- Creation Year:1995
- Dimensions:Height: 49.75 in (126.37 cm)Width: 37 in (93.98 cm)
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- Condition:Mint condition, unframed, pencil signed and numbered by the artist,(actual print number may vary from photo upon availability) embossed with publishers chop mark on lower left, print documentation/Certificate of Authenticity provided.
- Gallery Location:Union City, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU832311213132
Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green is considered one of the most important contemporary painters of the Southern experience. The artwork of Green is heavily influenced by his Gullah heritage, with vividly colored paintings and prints documenting everyday chores, in addition to celebrating Gullah life’s rites of passage. By returning his art to his childhood upbringing, Green has created an autobiographical body of work, in addition to documenting a vanishing way of life. Jonathan Green's artwork has been exhibited across the United States and internationally. Additionally, his work is included in the permanent collections of several major museums.
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