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The Arbor (Original Drawing)

The Arbor (Original Drawing)

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The Arbor (Original Drawing)

by Charlotte (Carlotta) Kennedy Petrina

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(Circa 1925-1945), 1930. Original Art Work . No Binding. Fine. Original Drawing On Paper, Signed, Undated. Well Framed In Contemporary Wood. Charlotte (Carlotta) Kennedy Petrina (1901 - 1997) Was An American Illustrator And Printer. She Was Educated At The Art Students League And At Cooper Union In The 1920'S. Petrina Won A Guggenheim Fellowship In 1933 (Postponed Until 1934) To Do Lithography In Paris. Her "Beautiful But Heartbreaking" Illustrations For John Milton's Paradise Lost Were Published In 1936. The Artist Used Herself As A Model For Eve, And Her Late Husband As The Model For Adam, Lending A Particular Intimacy And Poignancy To The Images. Milton Scholar Virginia Tufte Made A Biographical Film About Petrina, Titled Reaching For Paradise: The Life And Art Of Carlotta Petrina(1994). Petrina Also Illustrated Editions Of Norman Douglas's South Wind (1932), Shakespeare's Henry Vi, Part 2, And The John Dryden Translation Of Virgil's Aeneid(1944). She Made Some Illustrations For An Edition Of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, But They Were Not Used In The Final Publication. Drawings By Carlotta Petrina Were Included In The Second Whitney Biennial In 1933. Among Her Quirkier Projects, She Illustrated A Short Humorous Novel Called Clovis By Michael Fessier (1948), About A Parrot With Human Intelligence. Charlotte Kennedy Changed Her Name To Carlotta When She Married Fellow Artist John Petrina In 1921. The Carlotta Petrina Museum And Cultural Center In Brownsville Exhibits Her Works And Other Artifacts From Her Life, As Well As Hosting Classes And Performances

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Arroyo Seco Books US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
039003
Title
The Arbor (Original Drawing)
Author
Charlotte (Carlotta) Kennedy Petrina
Format/Binding
No Binding
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Original Art Work
Place of Publication
(Circa 1925-1945)
Date Published
1930
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Art
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Art-Original Paintings;

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