Description: "Little Old Lady," etching, pencil
signed, 11" x 8" plate, 12.75"
x 9.25" sheet, 15" x 12" mat.
Condition: Good , except for paper toning and/or mat
burn which is evident in the images. Print
was affixed to the back of the mat with paper
tape, and residue can be seen on the edges.
Biography: Studied at Hunter College, New York, the
Art Student's League from 1903-1906
and the
National Academy (NYC) from 1912-1915.
She
began as a painter in 1920 and
as an etcher
in 1932. She is listed in "Who's
Who
in America" and "Who
Was Who in
America".
She is represented in the permanent
collection
of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, "Hundred
Selected Prints" 1937, 1938,
1941, and
1947; the Congressional Library,
"Fine
Prints of the Year, !938";
The New York
Public Library; and the Smithsonian
Institution,
where she was given a one-man
show. She is
also in the permanent collection
of the Corcoran
Gallery (Six O'Clock) and the
National Gallery
of Art (Sisters) both in Washington,
DC.
Mrs. Osk was awarded prizes by
the Philadelphia
Print Club, 1938; The National
Association
of Women Artists, 1938, 1948;
the Southern
Printmakers, 1938; the Mint Museum,
Charlotte,
NC, 1945; the Laguna Beach Art
Association,
1945. Her works are included
in "America's
Prize Prints of the 20th Century";
were
in traveling American art shows
all over
the world; and most recently
her etching,
"Sisters" was reproduced
in "Amerika",
a LIFE type photo magazine produced
by US
information Agency for distribution
throughout
Russia.
She was a member of the Society
of American
Etchers; the National Association
of Women
Artists; the Connecticut Academy
of Fine
Arts; Chicago Printmakers; Prairie
Printmakers;
and many other groups. She served
on jury
panels of numerous art shows,
both in New
York City and on Long Island,
and she exhibited
in many private art galleries,
most continuously
at the Milch Gallery, New York
City. She
was commissioned to do many portraits,
and
is famous for her "Hands"
series.
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