NORMAN CARTON ABSTRACT OIL ON PAPER V$17,000
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MEASUREMENTS:22"WX82"H FRAMED, MINT CONDITION/"in the style of"Norman Carton was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life.Norman Carton was employed as a muralist and easel artist from 1939 to 1942, working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project and collaborating with architect George Howe. Carton’s WPA commissions during this time included murals at the Helen Fleischer Vocational School for Girls in Philadelphia,the Officers’ Club at Camp Meade Army Base in Maryland, and in the city of Hidalgo, Mexico. During World War II, he worked for Cramp Shipbuilding as a naval structural designer and draftsman. It was at this time that Carton began creating non-objective sculptures with metal./Private collection, no documentation.
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NORMAN CARTON ABSTRACT OIL ON PAPER V$17,000
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