1137983

George Deem S/N Print, Sebastian, (after #1137983

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George Deem S/N Print, Sebastian, (after #1137983
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Artist: George Deem

Title: Sebastian

Year: 1979

Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil

Edition: 300

Paper Size: 22" x 30"





   George Deem is a leading painter
among contemporary artists using the technique and the images
of the old Masters. Deem encourages and expects the viewer to
be aware of the original source of his subject. Their knowledge
and familiarity with the subject will extenuate the viewers
perception of his deliberate restyling. The trend in Deem's
paintings is away from the elaborate symbolic apparatus and
towards reduced, less obvious cleverly disguised symbol- ism.




    Deems' paintings are more than allegorical
as they imply some warning or moral purpose for his contemporary
viewers. Deem has taken to using Vermeer's images not for purely
aesthetic ends alone, but to illustrate in 1979 how the meaning
attached to these traditions has dropped away. What remains
is ample evidence of Deems' wish to be "read" as metaphorical
and even arcane through his use of the traditional. For example,
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1979</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:22</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:30</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:George Deem S/N Print, Sebastian, (after</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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