Description: For sale is an original early modernist style painting by the well regarded Woodstock New York abstract artist Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984) Known more for his abstract and supremacist and precision abstract styles, Scarlett also experimented in various other styles. This style appears to be more of a modernist style. Done in watercolor it appears to feature a view into an interior scene however the objects seem to be abstractly unrelated. The painting is signed by the artist in the Lower left corner. Framed and matted under glass. The painting has slipped from its setting in the matting (See pics). It is gallery framed and sealed and we would rather the purchaser open it up and simply reset it. Just needs to be reset back to even with double sided tape. Corner bends/losses as pictured. Otherwise good condition. Measurements: Framed - 25” x 28 1/2” Paper - 17 1/4” x 21” Rolph Scarlett (1889-1984) Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1889, he left Canada at the age of 18 to go to New York City and returned to Canada during the years of World War I. However, by 1924 he had established New York City as his home. While he was beginning his career as an abstract painter, he was designing stage scenery for George Bernard Shaw's play, Man and Superman and for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. In 1939, while in the process of creating the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (later the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Director Hilla Rebay began to take an interest in Scarlett's work. By 1940 he had become the new museum's chief lecturer. By 1953, the Guggenheim owned nearly sixty of his paintings and monoprints. He later became a resident of the Woodstock art colony for more than twenty-five years and showed his work in the Woodstock exhibits.
Price: 425 USD
Location: Kingston, New York
End Time: 2025-01-15T04:35:54.000Z
Shipping Cost: 45 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Artist: Rolph Scarlett
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
Material: Watercolor
Item Length: NA
Region of Origin: New York
Framing: Matted & Framed
Subject: Still Life
Type: Painting
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: NA
Style: Modernist
Painting Surface: Paper
Features: Signed, Framed, Matted
Production Technique: Watercolor Gouache
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
Item Width: NA
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
