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Harry Bowden, artist
American, 1907--1965
Untitled (Abstract), fromThe American Abstract Artists Portfolio: Exhibition April 3-17, 1937, 1937
black and white offset lithograph
Sheet: 305 x 235 mm (12 x 9 1/4 in.)
Museum purchase, Harriett and Maurice Gregg American Abstract Art Fund 2001.86.5

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printer, Cane Press

Artist Biography: A NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA, HARRY BOWDEN BEGAN HIS ART STUDIES AT THE LOS Angeles Art Institute and later worked in commercial advertising. Between 1928 and 1931, Bowden divided his time between the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League in New York, and the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles. In 1931, after a summer class with Hans Hofmann at the University of California at Berkeley, Bowden determined to pursue painting seriously. He made his way to New York working as a petty officer on a merchant ship. By 1934 he was again studying with Hofmann. The following year he became one of Hofmann's assistants and was friendly with George McNeil, Albert Swinden, Wilfrid Zogbaum, Ad Reinhardt, and Willem de Kooning. In 1937 and 1938, he painted two murals for the Williamsburg Housing Project. PROVENANCE: Hananiah Marari collection, AAA artist Private Collection

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