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DOEL REED, Early Texas Art o/c

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
DOEL REED, Early Texas Art o/c
<B>DOEL REED (1895-1985)</B></I><BR>Untitled Moon, Mesa, and Adobes<BR>Oil on masonite<BR>18in. x 24in.<BR>Signed lower right<BR><BR>Doel Reed was the Chairman of the Oklahoma State University Art Department from 1924-1959. By that time he was widely recognized as one of America's premier artists and was elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design. His exhibition record (below) is distinguished and his paintings are widely held by important institutions.<BR><BR>Reed uses parallel linear elements to achieve a sense of depth in his compositions. In this painting there is a strong interplay between the horizontal elements of the valley, mesa, clouds, and adobes, and vertical or diagonal elements of the mesa, bushes, and undergrowth in the foreground. By magnifying the "tension" between horizontal, vertical, and diagonal, Reed has distilled this landscape to its elemental forms.<BR><BR>Doel Reed Exhibition Record: Society of Independent Artists, 1927 & 1929; Society of American Etchers, 1930-1946; Kansas City Art Institute, 1932; 100 Etchings of Year, 1932-44; Art Institute of Chicago, 1934, 1937, 1939; National Academy of Design, 1934-46, 1965 (Samuel Morse Medal); Tulsa Art Association, 1935 (prize); Paris Salon, 1937; Rome, Italy, 1937; Sweden, 1938; Chicago Society of Etchers, 1938 (prize); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1940; Philadelphia Print Club, 1940 (prize); Venice, Italy, 1940; Carnegie Institute, 1941; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, 1942, (prize); Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1942; Northwest Printmakers, 1942 (prize), 1944 (prize); Herron Art Institute, 1943; Library of Congress, 1944-46; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1944-45; Philbrook Art Club, 1944 (prize); Laguna Beach Art Association, 1944 (prize); Southern States Art League, 1944 (prize); 50 American Prints, 1944; Oakland Art Gallery, 1945 (prize); Audubon Artists, 1945, 1951 (Gold Medal of Honor), 1954 (John Taylor Arms Memorial Medal); Albany Institute of History and Art, 1945; Pasadena Art Institute, 1946; London; Allied Art Association; National Society of Painters Casein; Mission Gallery, Taos, NM; and Blair Galleries, Ltd. Santa Fe, NM.<BR><BR>Works held: Carnegie Institute; Honolulu Academy of Art; Grinnell College; Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Art, Houston; New York Public Library; Oklahoma Art Club; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Philbrook Art Club; Seattle Art Museum; Southern Methodist University; University of Montana; University of Tulsa; Bibliotéque Nationale, Paris; Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Excellent condition. New frame in excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</
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