Thomas Brownell Eldred Abstract Etching

Item Details

Thomas Brownell Eldred (American; 1903 – 1993)
Untitled, late 20th century
Etching on paper
Unsigned

Associated with the American Abstract Artists group, Thomas Eldred is prominently known for his modernist abstract paintings and printmaking, strongly influenced by famed artists Miró, Picasso, Arp, Braque, and Kandinsky. He began his formal artistic training at the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduating, Eldred further pursued his artistic career and moved to New York, refining his technique while continuing his education at the Art Students League, working under the likes of historically renowned artists Thomas Hart Benton, Guy Pene DuBois, Helen Gardner and Boris Anisfeld. In the 1930s, the artist taught at the Brooklyn Museum of Art under the WPA program. Eldred went on to study at the Atelier 17 and subsequently moved to Paris, and in doing so established his distinctive, signature painting style and content for which he became recognized. Eldred’s oeuvre has been collected and exhibited by numerous prestigious institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Virginia Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum in New York and many others.

Condition

- minor wear, toning and negligible tears throughout the edges of paper; negligible pinhole perforations to the edges of paper due to previous storage; minor toning and rubbing throughout the margins of paper.

Dimensions

- measures the sheet; plate size 6" W x 9" H.

Item #

ITMG260095