Marion Cunningham San Francisco Chinatown Silkscreen Modernist Cityscape Blimp

Description: A beautiful original work by San Francisco artist Marion Cunningham. View of the city's Chinatown district with skyscrapers, pagoda, cable car, and a blimp! All rendered in thick blocks of textured ink for a surface much more like a painting than a print. I haven't seen another like it. Cunningham's later serigraphs were produced in large editions with the flat appearance of a print. I suspect this may have been an earlier work, perhaps even one of a kind, made with silkscreen techniques. It is a rare image that is a great example of Cunningham's sense of color and design. ARTIST: Marion Cunningham (1908-1948)STYLE: ModernismPERIOD: Circa 1940sMATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES: Ink on paper, matted and framed (no glass)SIGNATURE: "Marion Cunningham" in pencil, lower leftPLACE OF ORIGIN: San FranciscoCONDITION: Framed without glass; a couple tiny scratches in print. Age and wear to materialsDIMENSIONS: 12" by 15 1/2" framed to 18 1/4' by 21 3/4" BIOGRAPHY:Marion Cunningham (1908-1948), née Osborn moved from South Bend, Indiana to Bakersfield, California in 1911. While attending high school (then named Kern County Union High School) she received her first formal art training from Ruth Heil Emerson (1890-1986), who was an American Impressionist. After attending Santa Barbara College and receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, she went on to study at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and later at The Students League of New York. She married and later divorced Ben Cunningham (1904-1975), a fellow artist.Marion Osborn Cunningham first became known for her pastels and paintings, but quickly turned her attention to the creation of screenprints (silk screens) in the 1930s. She is said to have printed thousands and been specialized in creating greeting cards. We have thus far however been unable to locate any such card. The extent of her artistic output may be overestimated. She died unexpectedly of a brain tumor, while in New York, on her way to Europe, at the age of 39. Her family founded the Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery in her honor in 1956, and it is today known as the Bakersfield Museum of Art.Marion Osborn Cunningham, born in South Bend, IN, May 29, 1908, died New York, NY, March 25, 1948. [ p e n c i l p o i n t e r > SHIPPING: Free within the United States via USPS Parcel Select.INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: Usually available; please inquire.SELLER: Experienced and friendly, offering excellent service. Please contact me with any questions.

Price: 650 USD

Location: Oak View, California

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