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John A. Noble, Signed Maritime Lithograph #1473873

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John A. Noble, Signed Maritime Lithograph #1473873
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Artist: John A. Noble, American (1913 - 1983

Title: Ah, Linoleumville - NYC Diamond Jubilee 1898-1973

Year: 1973

Medium: Lithograph [Signed and titled in pencil]

Edition: 275

Paper Size: 14" x 20.5" (image)

Frame: 21" x 27"




Born in Paris in 1913, John A. Noble was the son of the noted American painter, John ("Wichita Bill") Noble. He spent his early years in the studios of his father and his father's contemporaries, innovative artists and writers of the early part of this century. He moved with his family to this country in 1919, a year which had great significance to him and foreshadowed his life's work. "It was the greatest wooden ship launching year in the history of the world," he often said.



"About 1929 I started my crude drawings and paintings," the artist recalled. "In the wintertime, while still going to school, I was a permanent fixture on the old McCarren line tugs, which had the monopoly on the schooner towing in New York Harbor. This kept them constantly before my eyes. In the summertime, I would go to sea."



A graduate of the Friends Seminary in New York City, Noble returned to France in 1931, where he studied for one year at the University of Grenoble. There he met his wife and lifetime companion, "the lovely, green-eyed" Susan Ames. When he returned to New York, he studied for one year at the National Academy of Design.



From 1928 until 1945, Noble worked as a seaman on schooners and in ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1973</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:21</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:27</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:John A. Noble, Signed Maritime Lithograph</td></tr>



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