Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali

Jobs and Employment Classifieds, Monoprint by Chryssa

1982

Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Classified Ad Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen and Acrylic Monoprint on Paper, signed, dated and titled in pencil Image Size: 14.5 x 22 inche...

James Coignard, French (1925 - 2008) - Report D'Horizontalite, Portfolio: Song of the Broad-Axe, Year: 1982, Medium: Hand Colored Etching with Collage on hand-made Moulin de Larro...

Terry Winters Monoprint with engraving and embossment on Twinrocker handmade paper Signed, dated and inscribed to lower edge ‘TW 2004 8’ Provenance: Matthew Marks Gallery with label...

Signed in pencil Edition 100 Printer: Styria Studio, Inc., NY, with their blindstamp This earlier (1966) sculpture of the same title is the inspiration of the portfolio. The sculpture is in the collection of the Albright Knox Museum. The screenprints follow the neon of the sculpture. Greek-born American sculptor Chryssa—who went by her first name professionally—died on December 23, 2013, reports Margalit Fox of the New York Times. Born in 1933 in Athens, Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali grew up during the Nazi occupation of Greece. After studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, and the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, she began incorporating neon into her fragmentary, text-based work. Her first solo exhibition in New York was held at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1961, which was quickly followed by shows at the Guggenheim, New York; Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Her work is part of collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Note: A set of Gates...