Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924–2022)
Nude on Dahomey Stool, 1976
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on wove paper
Sheet: 76.8 x 66.4 cm (30 1/4 x 26 1/8 in.)
Plate: 60.3 x 50.2 cm (23 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Edition: Number 7 from a documented edition of 70
Condition: In good condition. Housed in a bronze/gold metal frame under glass, floated on archival matboard. There is slight wear to the bottom left corner of the sheet, consistent with age. Please refer to photos for a detailed view of condition. The work is signed, titled, and numbered in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. The original gallery sticker remains affixed verso.
Artwork Description:
This 1976 print is a prime example of Philip Pearlstein's significant contribution to late twentieth-century American realism. Rendered in soft-ground etching and aquatint. The inclusion of the African Dahomey stool provides a strong sculptural and art historical counterpoint to the organic form of the nude, a recurring compositional device in Pearlstein's work that highlights formal tension and geometric interplay.
Artist Biography:
Philip Pearlstein was a pivotal figure in the return to representational art in the United States following the dominance of Abstract Expressionism. His objective, intensely observed paintings and prints of the nude revolutionized the genre by stripping it of allegorical or psychological narrative, instead focusing on the raw, factual presence of the body as a subject of formal inquiry. His work is held in the permanent collections of major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924–2022)
Nude on Dahomey Stool, 1976
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on wove paper
Sheet: 76.8 x 66.4 cm (30 1/4 x 26 1/8 in.)
Plate: 60.3 x 50.2 cm (23 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Edition: Number 7 from a documented edition of 70
Condition: In good condition. Housed in a bronze/gold metal frame under glass, floated on archival matboard. There is slight wear to the bottom left corner of the sheet, consistent with age. Please refer to photos for a detailed view of condition. The work is signed, titled, and numbered in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. The original gallery sticker remains affixed verso.
Artwork Description:
This 1976 print is a prime example of Philip Pearlstein's significant contribution to late twentieth-century American realism. Rendered in soft-ground etching and aquatint. The inclusion of the African Dahomey stool provides a strong sculptural and art historical counterpoint to the organic form of the nude, a recurring compositional device in Pearlstein's work that highlights formal tension and geometric interplay.
Artist Biography:
Philip Pearlstein was a pivotal figure in the return to representational art in the United States following the dominance of Abstract Expressionism. His objective, intensely observed paintings and prints of the nude revolutionized the genre by stripping it of allegorical or psychological narrative, instead focusing on the raw, factual presence of the body as a subject of formal inquiry. His work is held in the permanent collections of major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
