Rare Lithographs by Henrietta Shore

July 20, 2018 – September 22, 2018

Henrietta Shore, Water Carrier, ca. 1933 — Henrietta Shore, *Water Carrier,* ca. 1933

It is our 15th Anniversary! Our first exhibition, Trends in Southern California Modernism, opened on June 23, 2003. We thank you all for your patronage and support throughout the years. Without friends like Jan Holloway, Tobey C. Moss, George Stern and countless others, our dream of representing well known and lesser known California Modernists would never have come to fruition.

The first exhibition to begin our 16th year will be a major exhibition of Modernist women artists working in California between about 1915 and 1954. The exhibition will include artwork by many well known artists as well as artists never before exhibited by our Gallery. This will be an exhibition not to be missed. Please follow our future announcements for more information.

As a precursor to our exhibition of women Modernists we are pleased to present three rare lithographs by Henrietta Shore, one of California’s and, indeed, America’s, foremost Modernist artists.

Reclining Horse is an extremely rare image by Henrietta Shore, one of California’s foremost Modernists – so rare, in fact, that it has not been found elsewhere in any of our research; and for this reason we feel that it is quite possibly unique, the only print made of this image. It is signed by the artist and simply notes “First Stage,” without noting an edition number. This Henrietta Shore gem is not to be missed!

Both Mexican Mother and Water Carrier were created in small editions of 25 and 24, respectively. Mexican Mother was illustrated in Maurine St. Gaudens’ Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960 (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2015), page 1002.

Henrietta Shore had a style all her own which, from early in her career, has been cherished by collectors. But early in her career she experimented with designs meaningful to her in low numbers with the aid of Lynton Kistsler, her supportive Los Angeles lithographer.

Artwork Featured in This Exhibition

Mexican Mother

Reclining Horse

Water Carrier