Claes Oldenburg

Ashtray

1976

Clean, modern depiction of glasses of water on books by Ellen Ezorsky (American, b. 1956). Three glasses of water are sitting atop a few stacked books. While this piece is executed in black and white, Ezorsky has achieved a wide tonal range between the shadows and highlights, bringing the scene to life. Of particular note is the way she has captured the reflections in the water and the light that the glasses cast on the surfaces below them. Numbered, titled, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: 9/20 Water Glasses Ellen Ezorsky 11/81 Presented in a new white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 20"H x 16"W Paper size: 15"H x 10.75"W Ellen Ezorsky (b. 1956) was born in New York City. After graduating from highschool in New Jersey, she attended State University of New York at Purchase before moving to California. In California, she attended Cabrillo College in 1977 and ’78 before spending two years at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Ezorsky then returned to the west coast to attend and graduate from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Studio Art. She then earned her MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Since graduating, Ezorsky has exhibited extensively and her paintings have been acquired for many private collections across the country. EXHIBITIONS 2005: MYTH, DREAM AND FANTASY; Juried show, Gallery 1581, Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis, MA 2002: ACTION/REACTION; Juried show, The Art Gallery at U.N.H.; Durham, NH 2001: THE ABSTRACTED IMAGE; Juried show, The Firehouse Art Center Gallery, Newburyport, MA 2001: UNFRAMED AND OUT OF THE BOX; Brickbottom Gallery; Somerville, MA 2000: HALLOWED GROUNDS; Juried show presented by the International Society, Tremont Street Gallery; Boston, MA 2000: SANCTUARY; 10th Annual International Women's Day Exhibit, Rothschild Gallery; Cambridge, MA 1999: SANCTUARY; 9th Annual International Women's Day Exhibit, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA 1998: SANCTUARY; 8th Annual International Women's Day Exhibit, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA 1997: Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Exhibition; Boston, MA 1996: PET PAINTINGS; Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, MA 1996: FIRST ARTS/COLORS; Dudley House Arts Foundation, Harvard University; Cambridge, MA 1995: FIRST ARTS/COLORS; Dudley House Arts Foundation, Harvard University; Cambridge, MA 1994: ORDINARY THINGS, EXTRAORDINARY PERSPECTIVES; Cambridge Arts Council; MA 1993: The Jewish Community Center on the Palisades; Tenafly, NJ. (Solo Show) 1992-93: Jon Taner Gallery; Westwood, NJ 1991: JURY EXPOSITION; Synchronicity Space; New York, NY 1991: Bergen Museum of Arts & Science Juried Exhibition; Paramus, NJ 1990: The Stable Arts Center; Ridgewood. NJ 1989: San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition; San Francisco, CA 1989: Prager & Co. Corporate Offices; San Francisco, CA 1988: Diego Rivera Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1998: Walter/McBean Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1987: Artists' Liaison Competition; Santa Monica, CA (Honorable Mention) 1986: Studio One; Oakland, CA 1985: The Point Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1985: 13th ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Hill County Arts Foundation; Ingram, TX 1985: 7th ANNUAL DESERT WEST JURIED ART SHOW, Antelope...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese women with ice cream cones. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense o...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese still life with vase and flowers on a table. While the images have some resemblance t...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese still life with vase and flowers on a table, with a large glowing orange moon in the backgrou...

Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese still life of flowers and vase. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilities. Young women and their relationships to shoes, food, and fashion provide much of Hiratsuka’s subject matter. Another group of his prints focus on landscape, flowers, and floral patterns. Hiratsuka’s graphic work has been exhibited in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He has received numerous awards in international competitions. During the last four years he has had 14 solo shows in the United States, and international solo shows in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Munich, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland. Partial list of public collections: The British Museum, UK Tokyo Central Museum, Japan Panstwowe Museum, Poland The House of Humor and Satire, Bulgaria Cincinnati Art...

Light pours through a sparsely furnished room in a space on Spring Street in Brussels creating stark shadows as it streaks through the bushes, blinds and the outline of a modern chai...