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Elfi Schuselka Abstract Composition Mixed Media
Estimate:
$600 - $800
Sold
$350
Live Auction
New York City Estate Auction, September 8
Description
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media with Collage Elements on Paper, signed in pencil lower left, stamped "Studio / Elfi Schuselka" to verso, unframed. 42.5" H x 30" W. Provenance: From the Collection of the artist. Note: Schuselka studied photography, art history, and theater at the University of Vienna. She moved to New York in 1964. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the United States, Italy, France, and Japan, as well as at the Cracovia Biennial, Yugoslavia, Ibiza Biennial, Spain, and the Sao Paulo Biennial. Her work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, and the International Centre of Graphic Arts, Slovenia. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Schuselka is well-known in New York art circles together with her husband, Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928). Keywords: Painting, Graphite, Acrylic, Geometric, Spiral, Joan Miro style, Automatic drawing, Contemporary Art, Grid, Primary colors, Polychrome, Women Artists