Editions & Works on Paper 
8 August 2023
Editions & Works on Paper 
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Rolph Scarlett 1889–1984

Abstract Composition

ink and gouache on paper sight: 5¾ h × 7 w in (15 × 18 cm)
estimate: $600–800
result: $126
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Signed to lower left ‘Rolph Scarlett’.
provenance: William J. Jenack Auctioneers, Chester, NY, Fine Art, Antique & Tribal, 29 October 2006, Lot 2201 | Private Collection, New Jersey

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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The problem is to create an organization from a few geometrical elements that is alive as to color and form, with challenging and stimulating rhythms, making full use of one’s emotional and intuitive creative programming yet keeping it under cerebral control, so that the finished work is a visual experience alive with mysticism, inner order and intrigue grown into a world of art governed by aesthetic authority.

Rolph Scarlett

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