Leonard Maurer (American, District of Columbia, 1912 – 1970)

Vera Cruz, Night, 1973
Ink drawing on paper
Signed and dated to the lower right
Information inscribed to the verso

Measurements:
15.75 inches wide x 20 inches high x 0.1 thick
- measures the matting; sight size 8.5 inches wide x 10.75 inches high.

Leonard Maurer, known for his abstract and modernist compositions in painting and printmaking, was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1912. Due to his father’s death he left school to work several jobs, including one at a print company which allowed him to develop skills in sketching and printmaking. He then worked for the United States Army as a cartographer before WWII, a career he continued upon his return to the U.S. in 1945, where he worked for the U.S. Army Map Service in Washington D.C. He went on to earn a B.F.A. from American University, and then taught at Mt. Vernon College where he served as the chair of the art department until 1967. Maurer’s work has been widely exhibited across the United States, including being chosen to hang in the White House in 1969.

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- slight toning to the drawing; discoloration and edgewear to mat.