Folding exhibition announcement/broadside for distinguished American printmaker Michael Mazur's first one-man exhibition. Single sheet printed in black on heavy cream stock with deckled lower edge, measuring 9 x 12 inches unfolded (folded to 9 x 6 inches for mailing), illustrated with a bold reproduction after one of the artist's early woodcuts. Accompanied by the original folded exhibition price list recording all thirty-three exhibited works, including edition sizes, media, and original retail prices ranging from $20 prints to $800 sculptures.
Held the year Mazur completed his MFA at Yale under Josef Albers, Gabor Peterdi, Naum Gabo, and Rico Lebrun, the Barone Gallery exhibition marked his commercial debut, immediately preceding the Closed Ward series that established his reputation and led within a few years to exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. The accompanying price list preserves the complete contents of the exhibition and offers an unusually detailed snapshot of the market for a young artist at the outset of an extraordinary career.
Early Barone Gallery ephemera is seldom encountered, and examples retaining their original price lists appear to be exceptionally uncommon. An important document of New York's emerging gallery scene and of the formative moment in Michael Mazur's career before his rise to international prominence. Near fine, folded as issued.
Folding exhibition announcement/broadside for distinguished American printmaker Michael Mazur's first one-man exhibition. Single sheet printed in black on heavy cream stock with deckled lower edge, measuring 9 x 12 inches unfolded (folded to 9 x 6 inches for mailing), illustrated with a bold reproduction after one of the artist's early woodcuts. Accompanied by the original folded exhibition price list recording all thirty-three exhibited works, including edition sizes, media, and original retail prices ranging from $20 prints to $800 sculptures.
Held the year Mazur completed his MFA at Yale under Josef Albers, Gabor Peterdi, Naum Gabo, and Rico Lebrun, the Barone Gallery exhibition marked his commercial debut, immediately preceding the Closed Ward series that established his reputation and led within a few years to exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. The accompanying price list preserves the complete contents of the exhibition and offers an unusually detailed snapshot of the market for a young artist at the outset of an extraordinary career.
Early Barone Gallery ephemera is seldom encountered, and examples retaining their original price lists appear to be exceptionally uncommon. An important document of New York's emerging gallery scene and of the formative moment in Michael Mazur's career before his rise to international prominence. Near fine, folded as issued.
