In 1978 a group of artists were handpicked to create original and limited editions of lithographs, silkscreen’s, collages, and serigraphs for a unique project. Each artist created works ranging from one to a series of works, all produced for this project. The majority of these works are now being released to the market after being in storage for over 35 years.
Each artist chosen approached lithography and print making with their unique vision whether it be Rupert Smith, who helped Andy Warhol establish his print making process and is credited with introducing the use of “Diamond Dust” in his works, and employed that same process with his abstract works in this collection, or the feminist artist, Anita Steckel, whose works are prominently referred to at the Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art, as well as the great illustrator Richard Egielski, who is famous for his illustrations in children’s books and his collaboration with Maurice Sendak, who created a print with that comic book/comic strip-like sequence. All of these artists and the many others, created works with their own distinctive creative universe in mind and in limited editions.
The Schwarz Collection is diverse in each artist’s interpretation of their world, each bringing their lived experience, art education/background, connection to culture, nature, humanity, which determined these artist’s approach to making art.
The many significant movements throughout art history can be recognized and influenced the art created for this collection. Modernism, Minimalism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Abstraction, Color Field, Gothicism, portraiture, landscape, Fantasy — all discernible throughout the works.
