$40
Clare Ferriter abstract collage with silver leaf titled "Late Fall"; 1982; abstract depiction of a forest; signed to bottom right corner; measures approximately 23-1/2" x 18-1/2" with frame and has a sight image of approximately 17-1/2" x 13"; in Very Good condition.Patricia Clare Ferriter was born on April 25, 1909, in Dickinson, North Dakota, to John Ferriter and Katherine McNertney. She began painting as a child when she was in bed for a full year with an illness. The "metallics" and some of the 1980s ink collages are probably the artistic peak of her career. Most of the metallics were only seen publicly once, at the I.M.F. show, and then either sold or given away. Most of the later ink collages have never been seen publicly, though a few were sold somewhat sporadically. Her work could be considered "abstract impressionism": she was interested in expressing qualities of light and space, such as the look of a winter sun through bare tree limbs, or afternoon light reflecting in a pond. She often tried to express the spiritual, the ineffable, the infinite, occasionally through Roman Catholic imagery but more often through light, shadow, the suggestion of depth and space, and images of nature, particularly the sun. She died in 1994.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-02-20
