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Painter, Lithographer, b. 1916 - d. 2015

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. III.
    Apr. 03, 2025

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. III.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. III. Color mezzotint with etching and aquatint, 1985. 610x432 mm; 24x17 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 15/125 in pencil, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. II.
    Apr. 03, 2025

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. II.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. II. Color mezzotint with etching and aquatint, 1985. 591x413 mm; 23¼x14¼ inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 11/125 in pencil, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Untitled (Young Couple).
    Apr. 03, 2025

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Untitled (Young Couple).

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Untitled (Young Couple). Pen, brush and black and brown ink on tan wove paper, circa 1936-1939. 711x648 mm; 28x25½ inches. Signed in ink, lower right. Provenance Private collection, Chicago. Private collection, New Hampshire.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Trilogy No II
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Trilogy No II

    Est: $2,500 - $4,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Trilogy No II 1989/2014 relief color etching and aquatint (printed in orange) on cream wove paper 20-3/8 x 15 inches, full margins signed, titled, and numbered 19/90 Printed in 2014 by the artist and Kathy Caraccio at the K. Caraccio Studio, New York. The first edition of 15 was printed at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop. Provenance: the family of the artist This work is included in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Sepia Odalisque I
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Sepia Odalisque I

    Est: $2,500 - $4,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Sepia Odalisque I 1970s etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 20 x 15 inches (Image) full margins 30 x 22-1/8 inches (sheet) signed, titled and numbered 12/35 Provenance: the family of the artist This work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance Figure I
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance Figure I

    Est: $2,500 - $4,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Dance Figure I 1989 mezzotint with hand-coloring on cream wove paper 13-3/4 x 8-5/8 inches signed, titled, and numbered 9/90 Provenance: the family of the artist This work is included in the collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance Composition No. 35
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance Composition No. 35

    Est: $2,500 - $4,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Dance Composition No. 35 1978 sepia toned etching with hand-coloring on cream colored paper 36 x 27 inches signed, titled and numbered 10/100 Provenance: the family of the artist This work is included in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance Figure I.
    Oct. 03, 2024

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance Figure I.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance Figure I. Mezzotint and aquatint with hand coloring on cream wove paper, 1989. 349x222 mm; 13¾x8⅝ inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 9/90 in pencil, lower margin. An early proof of this print is in the collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dual Form No. III.
    Oct. 03, 2024

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dual Form No. III.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dual Form No. III. Color viscosity etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1978. 399x503 mm; 15¾x19⅞ inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from an unknown edition. Signed, titled and inscribed "A/P" in pencil, lower margin. The zinc plate used to print this image along with another proof of this print are in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Island Momento No. 1.
    Oct. 03, 2024

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Island Momento No. 1.

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Island Momento No. 1. Oil on linen canvas, 2012. 1270x965 mm; 50x38 inches. Signed in oil, lower right. Provenance: estate of the artist, New York. Island Momento No. 1. is a significant, late career example of Eldzier Cortor's accomplished figurative painting. It demonstrates the remarkable continuity in his practice - working until the last moments of a long and very distinguished career. At the age of 96, Cortor painted this series with compositions of Caribbean women set in serene island locales - rethinking classical depictions of female beauty. The subject fits into Eldzier Cortor's decades-long series of "classical compositions" in painting and printmaking, celebrating the form and beauty of African-American women. With his characteristic dense layering of both brush and palette work, this composition is punctuated by his devices of the fan, conch shell, painted chair and window balcony and shutters, also found in such canvases as Cuban Souvenir in the David C. Driskell collection. Cortor's Tableau No. 2, also 2012, is in the collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art. Cortor has incorporated elements of Caribbean culture into his artwork since the 1940s - in 1949, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to travel in the West Indies. After time in Jamaica and Cuba, Cortor settled in Haiti for two years where he taught classes at the Le Centre d'Art d'Haïti in Port-au-Prince. Beyond his early academic training at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his travels to the Sea Islands and West Indies, these paintings show the influence of his study of African sculpture and 19th-century French painting. Unlike his social realist counterparts, Cortor investigated both the formalism and symbolism of the African American female figure.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR AMERICAN MIXED MEDIA PAINTING
    Aug. 31, 2024

    ELDZIER CORTOR AMERICAN MIXED MEDIA PAINTING

    Est: $100 - $150

    Eldzier Cortor, American, 1916 to 2015, mixed media painting on paper depicting a portrait of a nude woman from the back. Signed lower to the center. Framed. Eldzier Cortor was an African American artist and printmaker. His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings, influenced by both traditional African art and European surrealism. Cortor is known for his style of realism that makes accurate depictions of poor, Black living conditions look fantastic as he distorts perspective. Modern Afro American Fine Art, Female Portraits, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Trilogy No. II.
    Apr. 04, 2024

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Trilogy No. II.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Trilogy No. II. Relief color etching and aquatint printed in orange on heavy cream wove paper, 1989. 519x382 mm; 20⅜x15 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 15. Signed, titled and inscribed "A/P" in pencil, lower margin. Printed in 2014 by the artist and Kathy Caraccio at the K. Caraccio Studio, New York. The first edition of 15 was printed in 1989 at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop. Another impression of this print is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance I & Dance II/Diptych.
    Apr. 04, 2024

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance I & Dance II/Diptych.

    Est: $6,000 - $9,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance I & Dance II/Diptych. Pair of mezzotints with etching in blue, with aquatint in silver and embossing, from multiple plates, and hand-coloring, on Arches paper. Both 555x377 mm; 21⅞×14⅞ inches, full margins. Both signed, titled, and numbered 15/35 in pencil, lower margin. Another example of this mezzotint diptych is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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  • AFTER Eldzier Cortor (NY,IL,1916-2015) oil painting
    Jan. 07, 2024

    AFTER Eldzier Cortor (NY,IL,1916-2015) oil painting

    Est: $500 - $650

    ARTIST: AFTER Eldzier Cortor (New York, Illinois, 1916 - 2015) TITLE: Seated Nude MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Few nail holes. Some scratches/paint losses (see pictures carefully). No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. ART SIZE: 28 x 22 inches / 71 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 31 x 25 inches / 78 x 63 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 128320 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A painter and master printmaker best known for his celebratory depictions of the African American woman, Eldzier Cortor was born in Richmond, Virginia, and raised in Chicago. Cortor went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in the 1930s worked as an easel painter for the Works Project Administration (WPA), depicting the lives of African Americans in Chicago's South Side. During this time, he helped establish the SouthSide Community Art Center.In the 1940s, two fellowships from the Rosenwald Foundation allowed Cortor to study the Gullah community on the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina, and to paint its African American inhabitants. Cortor found inspiration in the island's people, heavily influenced by their African heritage. He also focused primarily on the female figure, stating: "the Black woman represents the Black race." Cortor returned time and again to the female figure reminiscent of his Gullah depictions, despite having lived in various countries of the African diaspora and changing artistic styles in the United States.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme VI.
    Oct. 19, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme VI.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme VI. Color mezzotint with etching and aquatint, 1985. 591x770 mm; 23 1/4×30 3/8 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 6/125 in pencil, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme IV.
    Oct. 19, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme IV.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme IV. Color mezzotint with etching and aquatint, 1985. 760x570 mm; 29 7/8×22 3/8 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 6/125 in pencil, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme I.
    Oct. 19, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme I.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme I. Color mezzotint with etching and aquatint, 1985. 610x420 mm; 24x16 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 19/125 in pencil, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Two Women with Earrings.
    Oct. 19, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Two Women with Earrings.

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Two Women with Earrings. Oil on linen canvas, 2005. 457x305 mm; 18x12 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "oil/canvas" and "12x18" in ink on the upper stretcher bar, verso. Provenance: estate of the artist, New York. This elegant painting comes from the latter part of Eldzier Cortor's decades-long series celebrating the form and beauty of African American women. Cortor painted such figures in his Classical Composition and Classical Study series beginning in the 1960s and continued through the 2000s. Beyond his early academic training at the Art Institute of Chicago, these paintings show the influence of his study of African sculpture, 19th-century French painting, and his travels to the Sea Islands and West Indies. Unlike his social realist counterparts, Cortor investigated both the formalism and symbolism of the African American female figure.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Sepia Odalisque I
    May. 20, 2023

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Sepia Odalisque I

    Est: $3,500 - $4,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Sepia Odalisque I c. 1970s etching and aquatint on cream wove paper 20 x 15 inches (image) full margins 30 x 22-1/8 inches (sheet) signed, titled and numbered 9/35

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  • Untitled (Figures in a Landscape)
    May. 19, 2023

    Untitled (Figures in a Landscape)

    Est: $60,000 - $80,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916 - 2015 Untitled (Figures in a Landscape) signed (along the tacking edge) oil on canvas 33½ by 58½ in. 85.1 by 148.6 cm. Executed circa 1970.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition/Jewels.
    Apr. 06, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition/Jewels.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition/Jewels. Relief etching on ivory wove paper, 1985. 521x460 mm; 20 1/2x18 1/8 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 8/12 in pencil, lower margin. Other impressions of this print are in the collections of the the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. VII.
    Apr. 06, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. VII.

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Jewels/Theme No. VII. Color mezzotint with etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper, 1985. 581x533 mm; 22 7/8x21 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 3/125 in pencil, lower margin. Other impressions of this print are in the collections of the Amon Carter Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Trilogy No. 1
    Apr. 06, 2023

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Trilogy No. 1

    Est: $35,000 - $50,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Trilogy No. 1 Oil on linen canvas, 2014. 914x559 mm; 36x22 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto. Signed, titled and inscribed "oil painting" and "36x22" inches in ink on the upper stretcher bar, verso. Provenance: estate of the artist, New York. Trilogy No. 1 is a significant and beautiful example of Eldzier Cortor's late career oil painting. It demonstrates the remarkable continuity of his practice. In the summer of 2014, at the age of 98, Cortor completed his Trilogy series of oil paintings, each a composition of a trio of women - invoking the classical subject of the three graces. The artist described this trio as the "3 goddess of art: truth, beauty and goodness." The subject fits into Eldzier Cortor's over six decades-long series of "classical compositions" celebrating the form and beauty of African-American women. With his characteristic dense layering of brush and palette work, this composition show the influences of his study of African sculpture and 19th-century French painting. Unlike his social realist counterparts, Cortor investigated both the formalism and symbolism of the African-American female figure.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, L'Abbatoire No. III
    Nov. 19, 2022

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, L'Abbatoire No. III

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 L'Abbatoire No. III c. 1967 aquatint and spit-bite etching 13-3/4 x 20-1/4 inches, full margins signed and titled AP out of and edition of 100

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Compositional Image 2
    Nov. 19, 2022

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Compositional Image 2

    Est: $15,000 - $25,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Compositional Image 2 c. 1970 Oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches Signed. Additionally signed and titled on stretcher. Provenance: The Collection of Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller, Highland Park, IL.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Composition
    Nov. 19, 2022

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Composition

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Composition c. 1949-51 Watercolor on wove paper 22-5/8 x 15-1/2 inches Signed in watercolor lower right. Signed, titled and inscribed "watercolor" and "Haiti" in ink on the cardboard backboard

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31).
    Oct. 06, 2022

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31).

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31). Etching and aquatint with handcoloring on wove paper, 1978. 552x394 mm; 21 3/4x15 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 50. Signed, titled, inscribed "AP" and numbered 5/10 in pencil, lower margin.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Blue Odalisque
    Jun. 04, 2022

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Blue Odalisque

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Blue Odalisque 1998 Etching and aquatint on paper 15 x 14 inches (image) Signed, titled, and numbered 6/35

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Lady With Foliage II
    Jun. 04, 2022

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Lady With Foliage II

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Lady With Foliage II 1990 Mezzotint with etching in black, relief in silver and embossing on wove paper 11-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, dated 5/10/90 and A/P in pencil, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance Composition, No. 34.
    Mar. 31, 2022

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance Composition, No. 34.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance Composition, No. 34. Etching, aquatint, and flat bite from two plates printed in brown and black on cream wove paper, circa 1980-89. 444x355 mm; 17 1/2x14 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 1/35 in pencil, lower margin. Another impression is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition.
    Mar. 31, 2022

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition.

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition. Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1949-51. 578x394 mm; 22 5/8x15 1/2 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right. Signed, titled and inscribed "watercolor" and "Haiti" in ink on the cardboard back board. Provenance: private collection, New York; private collection, Ohio. This attractive watercolor is a scarce example of Eldzier Cortor's painting from his Haitian period. Cortor traveled there first in 1949 on a Guggenheim Fellowship. Then from 1949-51, Cortor was a teacher at Le Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, an art center, school and gallery founded in 1944 which became the center of what became known as the Haitian Art Movement. Cortor is best known for his elegant draughtsmanship and depiction of the beauty of Black women. Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916, his family moved to Chicago where he attended Englewood High School with future artists Charles White and Charles Sebree. He studied drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a founding member of the Southside Community Art Center where he taught drawing and worked on murals during the Works Progress Administration. A Rosenwald Fellowship in 1944-45 at Sea Islands, Georgia, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949 in Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti, and teaching at the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from 1949-51 all increased his awareness of both nature and the African diaspora, which he incorporated in the naturalism of his painting.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Jewels Theme V
    Mar. 12, 2022

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Jewels Theme V

    Est: $4,500 - $6,500

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Jewels Theme V mezzotint with etching and aquatint 23 1/4 x 16 1/8 (image) signed, titled, and numbered 22/125

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Jewels/ Theme V
    Dec. 04, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Jewels/ Theme V

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Jewels/ Theme V 1985 mezzotint with etching in black and color aquatint with etching from multiple plates on ivory wove paper 23 x 16-1/4 inches (full margins) signed, titled, and numbered 24/125 Eldzier Cortor Through the Eyes of His Son - Art Institute of Chicago https://www.artic.edu/articles/879/eldzier-cortor-through-the-eyes-of-his-son

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31).
    Oct. 07, 2021

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31).

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31). Color etching and aquatint, 1978. 552x394 mm; 21 3/4x15 1/2 inches, full margins. Second state impression, aside from the edition of 40. Signed, titled, inscribed "II state impression" and numbered 6/10 in graphite, lower margin.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Environment No. 5
    Jul. 17, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Environment No. 5

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Environment No. 5 1969 color etching and aquatint signed, titled, and numbered 10/100 24 x 34 inches (image), 34-1/2 x 42-1/2 inches (sheet)

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance (Dance Composition No. 31)
    May. 22, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance (Dance Composition No. 31)

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Dance (Dance Composition No. 31) 1978 etching and aquatint with hand coloring 21 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches signed, titled, and numbered 6/10; with "II State Impression"

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Marche Assemblage III
    May. 22, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Marche Assemblage III

    Est: $35,000 - $45,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Marche Assemblage III c. 1985 oil on canvas signed 20 x 17.5 inches original frame

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Compositional Image 2
    May. 22, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Compositional Image 2

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Compositional Image 2 c. 1970 Oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches Signed. Additionally signed and titled on stretcher. Provenance: The Collection of Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller, Highland Park, IL.

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance (Dance Composition No. 31)
    Feb. 06, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dance (Dance Composition No. 31)

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Dance (Dance Composition No. 31) 1978 etching and aquatint with hand coloring 21-3/4 x 15-1/2 inches signed, titled, and numbered 5/10; AP

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Jewels Theme V
    Feb. 06, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Jewels Theme V

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Jewels Theme V 1985 mezzotint with etching and aquatint signed, titled and numbered, 22/125 23-1/4 x 16-1/8 (plate)

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Environment No. 5
    Feb. 06, 2021

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Environment No. 5

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Environment No. 5 1969 color etching and aquatint signed, titled, and numbered 10/100 24 x 34 inches (image), 34-1/2 x 42-1/2 inches (sheet)

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31).
    Dec. 10, 2020

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31).

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Dance (Dance Composition No. 31). Etching and aquatint with handcoloring, 1978. 552x394 mm; 21 3/4x15 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 49/50 in graphite, lower margin.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Three Heads.
    Dec. 10, 2020

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Three Heads.

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Three Heads. Pen and ink on dyed pink paper. 152x114 mm; 6x4 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower right. Provenance: private collection, Illinois; Lusenhop Fine Art, Chicago, with the gallery label on the frame back; private collection, California.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) L'Abbatoire No. III
    Dec. 10, 2020

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) L'Abbatoire No. III

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) L'Abbatoire No. III Aquatint and spit-bite etching printed in red and black, circa 1967. 350x514 mm; 13 3/4x20 1/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 100. Signed, titled and inscribed "A/P" in pencil, lower margin. Other impressions of this experimental print are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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  • ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition.
    Dec. 10, 2020

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition.

    Est: $15,000 - $25,000

    ELDZIER CORTOR (1916 - 2015) Composition. Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1949-51. 578x394 mm; 22 5/8x15 1/2 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right. Signed, titled and inscribed "watercolor" and "- Haiti' in ink on the cardboard back board. Provenance: private collection, New York; private collection, Ohio. This attractive watercolor is a very scarce example of Eldzier Cortor's painting from his Haitian period. Cortor traveled there first in 1949 on a Guggenheim Fellowship grant, and then from 1949-1951 was a teacher at Le Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, an art center, school and gallery founded in 1944 which became the center of what became known as the Haitian Art Movement. Cortor is best known for his elegant draughtsmanship and depiction of the beauty of black women. Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916, his family moved to Chicago where he attended Englewood High School with future artists Charles White and Charles Sebree. He studied drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a founding member of the Southside Community Art Center where he taught drawing and worked on murals during the Works Progress Administration. A Rosenwald Fellowship in 1944-1945 at Sea Islands, Georgia, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949 in Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti, and teaching at the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from 1949-1951 all increased his awareness of both nature and the African diaspora, which he incorporated in the naturalism of his painting

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  • Eldzier Cortor (American, 1916-2015) The Merchants, 1951
    Dec. 10, 2020

    Eldzier Cortor (American, 1916-2015) The Merchants, 1951

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    Eldzier Cortor (American, 1916-2015) The Merchants, 1951 oil on canvas signed E. Cortor (lower right); signed, dated, and titled (verso) 30 x 42 inches. Property from the Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois

    Hindman
  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dancer Composition, No. XL, Etching on cream wove paper, 35.5 x 23 inches
    Nov. 14, 2020

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Dancer Composition, No. XL, Etching on cream wove paper, 35.5 x 23 inches

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Dancer Composition, No. XL Etching on cream wove paper c. 1970s signed, titled and numbered, AP/3. Eldzier Cortor was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916. His family moved to Chicago in 1917 where Cortor was to play a large role in the Chicago Black Renaissance of the 1930’s and 1940’s. In 1936, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later studied at Chicago’s Institute of Design under Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. He worked for the WPA Federal Arts Project in the 1930’s and in 1941, co-founded the South Side Community Art Center on South Michigan Avenue. After winning two successive Rosenwald Grants, he traveled to the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas. It was here that he began to paint the women of the Gullah community as the archetype of African American culture, with their long, elegant necks and colorful head scarves. He focused on “classical composition”, making his figures resemble African sculpture. In 1946, LIFE magazine published one of these semi-nude female figures. In 1949, Cortor received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to the West Indies to paint in Jamaica and Cuba before settling in Haiti for two years. There he taught classes at the Centre d’Art in Port au Prince. Cortor worked up until his death in 2015 at the age of 99. Recent exhibitions of his work have been held at the South Side Community Art Center in 2014; Eldzier Cortor Coming Home, an exhibition of prints, was held at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston held a joint exhibition of the works of Cortor and John Wilson in 2017. His work is found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Howard University. 35.5 x 23 inches

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  • Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Compositional Image 2, Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches
    Nov. 14, 2020

    Eldzier Cortor, 1916-2015, Compositional Image 2, Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    Eldzier Cortor 1916-2015 Compositional Image 2 Oil on canvas c. 1970 Signed. Additionally signed and titled on stretcher. Eldzier Cortor was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916. His family moved to Chicago in 1917 where Cortor was to play a large role in the Chicago Black Renaissance of the 1930’s and 1940’s. In 1936, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later studied at Chicago’s Institute of Design under Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. He worked for the WPA Federal Arts Project in the 1930’s and in 1941, co-founded the South Side Community Art Center on South Michigan Avenue. After winning two successive Rosenwald Grants, he traveled to the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas. It was here that he began to paint the women of the Gullah community as the archetype of African American culture, with their long, elegant necks and colorful head scarves. He focused on “classical composition”, making his figures resemble African sculpture. In 1946, LIFE magazine published one of these semi-nude female figures. In 1949, Cortor received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to the West Indies to paint in Jamaica and Cuba before settling in Haiti for two years. There he taught classes at the Centre d’Art in Port au Prince. Cortor worked up until his death in 2015 at the age of 99. Recent exhibitions of his work have been held at the South Side Community Art Center in 2014; Eldzier Cortor Coming Home, an exhibition of prints, was held at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston held a joint exhibition of the works of Cortor and John Wilson in 2017. His work is found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Howard University. 11 x 14 inches

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