€350
Super Star Lot: Michele Russo (American, 1909-2004) A super large Michele Russo limited edition 47/100 serigraph print titled 'Hats Off'. The print was designed by Ruso to commemorate the centennial of the Portland Art Museum and print by Russ Mahler and Gary Houston. Housed in a silver chrome frame behind glass. Hand signed and numbered by artist in pencil to base. Includes Certificate of Authenticity from Portland Art Museum.
Slight damage to glass in bottom left corner.
MM: 92 cm x 120 cm including frame. Similar works can be seen for auction with guide prices of $1000- $2000 dollars.
Michele Russo made significant contributions to the Northwest throughout his life. After graduating from Yale in 1934 and marrying fellow artist Sally Haley, he arrived in Portland in 1947. He taught at the Pacific Northwest College of Art for over 25 years and became an active advocate for the arts during the politically charged 1950s. He was a founder of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts and was the first artist appointed to the Metropolitan Arts Commission in the 1970s. Throughout his career, Michele Russo’s work has been in major exhibitions nationally and is in many public and private collections. Russo was honored with a fifty-year retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1988. Most recently, his work was part of the Portland Art Museum’s exhibition In Passionate Pursuit: The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection and Legacy.
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