Original Anne Youkeles “Arabesque” Folded Serigraph Collage, Signed Edition

Original signed “Arabesque” Folded Serigraph by Anne Youkeles (b. 1920). Artwork made with several folded pieces of paper, cut, colored, and placed together to form a contiguous geometric image.

Screenprint on Folded Paper, signed, titled, and numbered in pencil
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Anne Youkeles (b. 1920)
Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 22/70; 1980
Country of origin; materials: American; folded serigraph on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D): 25.75″h, 25.75″w (work is not framed)
Additional Information: Provenance: Tupperware Brands Corporate Collection, Orlando, Florida.

Anne Youkeles’ work blurs the line between painting and sculpture. Her works on paper, like “Arabesque” , are made with several folded pieces of paper, cut, colored, and placed together to form a contiguous geometric image. This work includes a signature and number in pencil by the artist.

About the artist:
Born in Austria Ohio State University, OH Kunstgewerbe Schule, Vienna, Austria Anne Youkeles was born in Austria in 1920. She studied at the Kunstgewerbe Schule, Vienna and, after emigrating to the United States, at Ohio State University. Her work in the 1950s and early-1960s was principally figurative, but in the late-1960s she turned to abstraction. and in particular the creation of three-dimensional works using paper and canvas. She has been featured in 100s of Solo Exhibitions.