Description: Artist: FRITZ HENLE (American, 1909 - 1993) Title: "American Art for Spring Fantasia" - 1955 "Taken with a Rollei"Medium: Original Lithograph of a Photograph on laid paperSignature: Photographer noted on the plateEdition: Limited Edition of 2000, not individually numberedSize: About 12 x 9 inchesPrinter: Artist Equity Funds, Inc.Publisher: Artist Equity AssociationNotes: Part of the Improvisations Portfolio (for the Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball in New York) published by the Artist Equity Association. The portfolio consisted of advertisements for local New York City businesses where each advertisement was an original lithograph: "Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs."This Original Lithograph was produced for an annual art event in the 1950's for local businesses and major corporations largely based in New York. Historically important for corporate archivists, these are extremely rare to locate and are virtually unseen individually. The original lithographs were produced in only one edition, and included just 2,000. These lithographs are perhaps the most unique, rare, important advertising collectibles that exist for businesses and corporations.About the Artist: Fritz Henle (June 9, 1909 – January 31, 1993) was a German-born photographer, known as "Mr. Rollei" for his use of the 2.25" square format film used in the Rolleiflex camera. Called, "the last classic freelance photographer" by photohistorian, Helmut Gernsheim, he had a career spanning more than 60 years, during which he amassed an archive of more than 110,000 negatives, representing images of Europe, India, Japan, Hawaii, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Henle photographed fashion, portrait, travel and industrial subjects and his work was published by Life, Mademoiselle, and Harper's Bazaar magazines. An exhibition called "Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty", marking the centenary of his birth, was held at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin in 2009.
Price: 199.95 USD
Location: Indio, California
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Shipping Cost: 19.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Artist: FRITZ HENLE (American, 1909 - 1993)
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Type: Print
Signed By: ARNOLD NEWMAN (American, 1918 - 2006)
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Theme: Advertising
Style: Modernism
Features: Limited Edition
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Lithography
Subject: Adventure Time, Masquerade, Advertizing
