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Asher, Elise
Biography:
  (1914-2004)  Wrote poetry until 1947 when she started to paint illegible words onto canvas creating a gestural pattern. Later she painted similar script onto transparent plexi-glass panels, adding fantasy-like birds and other forms.  Had a recent retrospective at FAWC.  Married to Poet Stanley Kunitz.  Listed in Who was Who in American Art.

Lot   27 - Asher, Elise

Title:  Untitled
Medium: 
limited edition print
Art Size  (H x W): 
22 x 29.5
Frame Size (H x W): 
26.5 x 32.25
Frame Style: 
black/glass
Signature: 
slr
Notes: 
numbered 15/20
Condition: 
excellent


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Signature
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one example
of her work

10.12.08

Lot  181, Asher, Elise

Title:  Leaving Tree
Medium:  acrylic bookmaking
Size (H x W):  7.5 x 9.5 x 2
Signature:  signed verso
Notes:  dated '71
Condition:  good, pages have slight scratching which may have been originally planned
Frame Style:  unframed
Frame Size:  7.5 x 9.5 x 2
Artwork weight (pounds/ounces):  4.
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Signature
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Broken page corner

sold 10.14.07

175.00