Description: Expressive realist printmaker and painter Sigmund Abeles makes a practive of capturing unguarded moments, here the artist combines an English saddle and a bather in a print that has little to do with horses. This image entitled "Saddle Soap" from 1972 was listed in the catalogue of the retrospective of Sigmund Abeles prints at Bates College Museum of Art in 1999. Writing the catalogue essay, director Genetta McLean notes: "By the late 1970's Abeles had achieved national acclaim as a printmaker." As provocative and fresh an image as "Saddle Soap" explains Abeles' success. This signed and numbered lithograph is from an edition of 50. For more information about this work or about the the artist who is represented in more than 100 important museum collections including: Philadelphia Museum, Fogg Art Museum, National Academy of Design, Arkansas Art Center and Victoria and Albert Museum, visit Sigmund Abeles' studio. View more Sigmund Abeles' graphics. View Sigmund Abeles' baby and mother & child drawings.
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