Avital Sagalyn

Avital Sagalyn https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com Avital Sagalyn (1925-2020) was ... 120862620 Pont Alexandre III, Paris, (Brown), 2009 Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Pont Alexandre III, Paris, 2009, Brown marker on paper, art size 11” x 14”, unmounted and unframed (WTS136). The artist in 2009 spent hours studying and drawing what is widely considered to be the most ornate bridge crossing the Seine River in Paris. Gilded bronze winged horses top each of four huge pylons, with lamps and cherubs as lively decoration. The silhouette of Les Invalides, built by Louis XIV as a hospital and retirement home for veterans, can be seen in the distance behind the Beaux-Arts style span. During Avital's youth in Belgium and throughout her life after immigrating to the United States, Paris was a frequent and beloved destination. 1450.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/pont-alexandre-iii-paris-2009-1 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430177074/WTS_Scan-136-3000.jpg 120862620 new in stock 120862602 Pont Alexandre III, Paris, (Black), 2009 Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Pont Alexandre III, Paris, 2009. Black marker on paper, art size 11" x 14", unmounted and unframed (WTS133). The artist in 2009 spent hours studying and drawing what is widely considered to be the most ornate bridge crossing the Seine River in Paris, a Beaux-Arts tour de force. Gilded bronze winged horses top each of four huge pylons, with lamps and cherubs as lively decoration. During Avital's youth in Belgium and throughout her life after immigrating to the United States, Paris was a frequent and beloved destination. 1450.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/pont-alexandre-iii-paris-2009 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430177023/WTS_Scan-133-3000.jpg 120862602 new out of stock 120862572 Cathedral in Scaffolding, Milan, ca. 1980s Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Cathedral in Scaffolding, Milan, ca. 1980s. Lithograph on paper, art size 18” x 24”, freshly mounted on 19 3/4" x 27 1/2" matte white archival mat board, unframed (IMG1622). First seen out a taxi window in the 1950s, Avital was entranced by the juxtaposition of the Duomo di Milano silhouette and the vertical/horizontal exoskeleton of scaffolding, erected for repairs. Three decades later, she made this print on manila paper. A riff on her earlier memory, the artist's original print captures the thrill of seeing where abstraction meets real life, here in the form of stone and metal on Italian city streets. 1400.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/cathedral-in-scaffolding-milan-ca-1980s https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176939/IMG_1622+DEC-72+DPI+18+x+24.jpg 120862572 new in stock 120862536 Connection, ca. mid-1940s Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Connection, ca. mid-1940s. Ink on paper, art size 11 15/16" x 8 3/4", freshly mounted on 20" x 16" matte white archival mat board, unframed (WTS107). Slightly yellowed with age after being carefully preserved for decades, this drawing was done when the artist was roughly 20 years old and a fine arts student at The Cooper Union in New York City. She experimented with expressive line work and "bleeding" ink to connect the heart of one figure to the dancing mind of the other. Today, this semi-abstract ink artwork continues to exude love, exuberance and authenticity. 2000.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/connection-ca-mid-1940s https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176867/WTS_Scan-107-3000.jpg 120862536 new in stock 120862512 Gordes Abstract, France, 1948 Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Gordes Abstract, France, 1948. Ink on paper, art size 9 5/16" x 12 1/4", freshly mounted on 13 5/16" x 16 1/4" matte white archival mat board, unframed (WTS112). This abstract piece was drawn on cream-color paper during a stay at the house of Marc Chagall, a family friend, in Gordes en Provence. Many residents of the hillside village had removed their roofs to avoid paying a real estate tax, leading over time to the growth of open-air gardens with residential features. Accentuated by the stark light and shadow characteristic of southern France, these unusual sights inspired Avital, then in her 20s, to draw and paint. 2800.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/gordes-abstract-france-1948 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176828/WTS_Scan-112-3000.jpg 120862512 new in stock 120862491 Gordes, France, 1948 Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Gordes, France, 1948. Ink on paper, art size 8 1/4" x 10 5/8", freshly mounted on 12 1/4" x 14 5/8" matte white archival mat board, unframed (WTS110). This semi-abstract piece was drawn during a stay at the house of Marc Chagall, a family friend, in Gordes en Provence. Many residents of the hillside village had removed their roofs to avoid paying a real estate tax, leading over time to the growth of open-air gardens with residential features. Accentuated by the stark light and shadow characteristic of southern France, these unusual sights inspired Avital, then in her 20s, to draw and paint. 2800.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/gordes-france-1948 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176783/WTS_Scan-110-3000.jpg 120862491 new in stock 120862455 Crab, Casey Key, ca. 1970s Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Crab, Casey Key, ca. 1970s. Brown ink on paper, art size 8 7/8" x 11 7/8", freshly mounted on 14 3/4" x 17 3/4" matte white archival mat board, unframed (ARS1626). Avital and her spouse, Robert Sagalyn, occasionally vacationed with family at the Florida home of one of his siblings on a tiny island near Sarasota. She always brought her sketchpads, finding birds, crabs and unusual shells as frequent subjects. Here a crab is seen at an angle, seemingly on the move, with the contours of its exoskeleton lovingly rendered. The composition uses spare lines but also nearly fills the page, an approach that Avital embraced over nine decades as an artist. 2000.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/crab-casey-key-ca-1970s https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176666/_ARS1626-3000.jpg 120862455 new in stock 120862416 Pitcher in Basin, MacDowell Colony, 1952 Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Pitcher in Basin, MacDowell Colony, 1952. Ink on paper, art size 11 1/16" x 8 1/2", freshly mounted on 16" x 12" matte white archival mat board, unframed (DRS8671). Avital drew this pitcher and basin during the summer of 1952, when she became a MacDowell resident artist. Today as then, a residency at this Peterborough, N.H., retreat introduces artists to fellow creatives including writers, composers and architects also in residence. For intensive focus on their craft, each has their own cabin in the woods with meal baskets delivered to their doors. While Avital drew some of her natural surroundings, she turned much of her focus indoors to pitchers, jugs and carafes -- some rendered with realism, and others with increasingly abstract or minimalist approaches. This particular MacDowell artwork displays Avital's elegant use of line, and lends calm beauty to an everyday tabletop setting. 2000.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/pitcher-in-basin-macdowell-colony-1952 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176609/_DRS8671-3000+11+x+8.jpg 120862416 new in stock 120862194 Four Murex Shells, Casey Key, ca. 1970s Avital Sagalyn original artwork: Four Murex Shells, Casey Key, ca. 1970s. Graphite on paper, art size 17" x 14", freshly mounted on 21 1/8" x 18" matte white archival mat board, unframed (IMG1584). The late artist was fascinated by the unusual shapes found in nature, including a mosquito's long legs and a frog's body bunched as it gets set to leap. Here Avital explored different views of a spiky murex shell found in Casey Key, a small Florida island near Sarasota. A relatively large piece by Avital's standards, this original artwork might grace the walls of a beach house, or bring seaside whimsy to a home farther inland. 1200.00 USD https://avitalsagalyn.bigcartel.com/product/four-murex-shells-casey-key-ca-1970s https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/430176354/IMG_1584+DEC-72+DPI+20+x+25.jpg 120862194 new in stock