Meeting Plaza - Limited Edition of 75 Print

Dazzling 25-color silkscreen, "Meeting Plaza", by renowned representational and abstract painter Thelma Appel - recently the subject of a 50 year museum retrospective. (Note that this is a silkscreen handmade in collaboration with master printer Gary Lichtenstein Editions -- not a digital print. ) The work is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered from the limited edition of 75 with deckled edges. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity - also hand signed by the artist. The work is evocative of New York's Rockefeller Center and the United Nations - and would look beautiful in any home, office, restaurant - or meeting place. This silkscreen was printed by Gary Lichtenstein Editions at Mana Contemporary Art Center in New Jersey: "Gary Lichtenstein is a superb professional and a meticulous craftsman; an artist could not ask for a better collaborator," says Appel. "I've admired the work he did with so many artists ranging from Robert Indiana to Carole Feuerman and Marina Abramovic. It was a real pleasure having the opportunity to work with him as well." "Meeting Plaza" is based on Appel's eponymous oil painting, first exhibited by the Chashama Foundation on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan - near Rockefeller Center. The artist explained: "When I first conceived the idea for this painting, I had in mind a city setting; perhaps people ice skating in Rockefeller Center in NYC - a famous tourist attraction, and so iconic to my memory of once living in this vibrant city. As I perused through various references and began to block out preliminary shapes of buildings, trees and people, I realized that what I was actually wanting to convey was a city that welcomed all nationalities and all people. I added flags hoisted on poles, which I believe corresponded rhythmically to the late autumn trees, almost barren of leaves. The flags for me are a counterpoint to the city’s geometric architecture, and their suggested movement and irregular shapes echo the organic morphology of the people below. I painted an evening sky. It is dusk. Nobody is rushing. People are conversing with each other, walking slowly or gathering in small groups enjoying a calm evening in the city, in a place that is reminiscent of The United Nations, and Rockefeller Center —an obvious public setting, yet more intimate. This is how I want to remember my time in the city. I too, am one of the people converging at the 'Meeting Plaza' ..." The present work is unframed but is shown framed when it debuted at the Art on Paper fair for reference/inspiration.

Printmaking:Screenprinting on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:75

Size:29.3 W x 23.5 H x 0.3 D in

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