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Keywords: Midcentury abstraction, American modernism, post-war art, 1950s–1960s, New York school, plein air, studio archive, Jackson Pollock style, Willem de Kooning style, Arshile Gorky style, mid 20th century, abstract watercolor studies
Pair of rare Emmet Edwards (1906–1981) signed, abstract sketchbooks, Volumes 3 and 6. Previously part of the Sid Deutsch Gallery archives in New York.
18 watercolors in Volume 3
17 watercolor is Volume 6 with note stating that number 10 was removed in the year 2000 to give as a gift to Boca Museum
Emmet Edwards (1906–1981) was an American painter known for his expressive landscapes and abstract compositions, primarily executed in watercolor and oil. Born in Iowa, Edwards spent much of his career in New York, where he developed a distinctive style characterized by free-flowing, calligraphic strokes that captured the essence of the natural world.
Edwards’s work was recognized during his lifetime, with exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Notably, he participated in MoMA’s “New Horizons in American Art” exhibition in 1936 and the “Four American Traveling Exhibitions” in 1940.
Measurement: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
ID 10
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