Condition: Used,Unit of Sale: Single Piece,Artist: Adolph Gottlieb,Size: Medium,Signed: No,Title: " Apaquogue ",Material: Paper,Framing: Framed,Subject: Famous Paintings/Painters, Seascape, Seaside,Type: Poster,Year of Production: 1998,Item Height: 28 3/4",Theme: Art, Cities & Towns, Inspirational,Style: Abstract, Contemporary Art, Minimalism, Modernism, Mid Century Modern, Abstract Expressionist,Features: Rare out Print, Brand Newly Custom Framed,Time Period Manufactured: 1990-1999,Country of Origin: United States,Item Width: 34 1/4" THIS ADOLPH GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION VERY RARE VINTAGE 1998 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST LITHOGRAPH PRINT CUSTOM FRAMED MUSEUM POSTER " APAQUOGUE " 1961, IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. THE MODERNIST LITHOGRAPH PRINT POSTER IS PUBLISHED BY THE MCGAW GROUP, LLC. FOR THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1998 IN AN UNNUMBERED LIMITED EDITION. IT FEATURES AN ARTWORK IMAGE ORIGINALLY CREATED BY GOTTLIEB IN 1961 TITLED " APAQUOGUE ", COPYRIGHT THE ADOLPH AND ESTHER GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION / LICENSED BY VAGA, NEW YORK, NY. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADOLPH GOTTLIEB AND MID CENTURY MODERNISM FANS AND COLLECTORS, AS THIS COVETED IMAGE MUSEUM POSTER PRINT IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND. ADOLPH GOTTLIEB ( 1903 - 1974 ) WAS AN AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER, SCULPTOR AND PRINTMAKER OF A JEWISH BACKGROUND. HE WAS OF THE FIRST GENERATION OF EARLY ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS. DURING THE 1920'S - 1930'S HE FORMED LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING BARNETT NEWMAN, MARK ROTHKO, AND MILTON AVERY. GOTTLIEB AND OTHER ARTISTS BECAME KNOWN AS " THE TEN ", THEY EXHIBITED THEIR WORKS TOGETHER UNTIL 1940. LATER IN THE 1950'S GOTTLIEB FORMULATED IMAGES THAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE " BURST " AND " IMAGERY LANDSCAPES ". HE CREATED THIS TYPE OF PAINTINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS CAREER. THEY WERE VARIATIONS OF SIMILAR ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THE SERIES SUGGESTS A LANGUAGE OF SIMPLIFIED LANDSCAPES WITH A SUN AND GROUND. HE WAS A MASTERFUL COLORIST WITH HIS USE OF COLOR BEING PARTICULARLY CRUCIAL. HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST COLOR FIELD PAINTERS AND IS ONE OF THE FORERUNNERS OF LYRICAL ABSTRACTION. HE REMAINED ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE 1960'S, THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK COLLABORATED ON A MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF HIS ART THAT FILLED BOTH MUSEUMS. THIS REMAINS, TO DATE THE ONLY COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THESE TWO MAJOR INSTITUTIONS. HE WAS THE FIRST ARTIST OF HIS GENERATION TO HAVE HIS ART COLLECTED BY THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ( 1946 ) AND THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM ( 1948 ). ARTWORKS BY GOTTLIEB ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MORE THAN 140 PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT FRAMED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST POSTER MEASURES 34 1/4" W X 28 3/4" H X 1 1/2" D. IT IS CUSTOM FRAMED WITH UV PROTECTIVE PLEXIGLASS IN A CONTEMPORARY MODERN MATTE BRUSHED FINISH BLACK METAL FRAME MOLDING, WITH AN ATTACHED HANGING WIRE ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE FOR EASY WALL INSTALLATION. IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CONDITION. THE POSTER PRINT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND VERY LIGHT MINOR WEAR. IT IS BRAND NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.