Ralph M. Pearson Etching Prickly Pear Cactus SW Desert Taos New Mexico 1923

Description: This is a 1923 RALPH PEARSON of TAOS NEW MEXICO. This 3" x 1.75" etching on paper by an important New Mexico printmaker, Ralph Pearson, 1883- 1958. He was the first etcher into the state of New Mexico. An accomplished American etcher of the early twentieth century, Ralph M. Pearson was born on May 27, 1883 in Angus, Iowa. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, under Charles Francis Browne and John Vanderpoel. In 1911 he produced a series of etchings of workers in Chicago. He settled in Taos about 1915. During his distinguished career his etchings received awards from the Chicago Society of Etchers (1914); the Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco (1915); the American Bookplate Society (1917); and the California Print Maker's Society (1922). Ralph Pearson was a full member of the Art Students League of Chicago, the Chicago Society of Etchers, the New York Society of Etchers, California Art Club, the California Society of Etchers and the Brooklyn Society of Etchers. Pearson died in South Nyack, NY in 1958. Ralph Pearson's etchings are included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Art Institute of Chicago, Mobile Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, and Columbia University. An important element of Pearson's etched work was his painterly approach to etching. Dismissing many traditional values of the day, he was one of the first American, etchers, to emphasize formal relations and key elements. This etchins is of a prickly pear cactus. I was unable to find another one like it. The frame measure 6.25" w by 8" tall. Please review the pictures and feel free to ask questions. Thank you for looking!

Price: 145 USD

Location: Olympia, Washington

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