Red Grooms: "lorna Doone" Large Lithograph Signed And Numbered A/c 1/3

large lithograph: "Lorna Doone" by Red Grooms (128cm x 85 cm)

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Red Grooms is known for his fantastical sculptural paintings and paintings, particularly with circus themes. He works with all kinds of materials, including paper, plaster, wood, found objects and cardboard. Of his work, he said it had "a dizzying sense of reality." He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, and the New School of Social Research in New York. In Provincetown, Massachusetts, he was a student of abstract expressionist Hans Hoffman. In New York, he participated in "Happenings" or artistic performances, with Jim Dine, Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg. For Grooms, this activity was an outgrowth of his interest in the fantasy of the circus, something that intrigued him throughout his life. A full-time artist and resident of New York, he has held visiting professorships at several universities. In 1999, he completed his largest project, The Tennessee Foxtrot Carousel on a large scale in his hometown of Riverfront Park in Nashville near the Grand Ole Opry House. The room is decorated with scenes from Nashville history and includes sculpted seats, painted dioramas and heroic figures such as Andrew Jackson and Davey Crockett. This is a limited edition artist's proof on paper by Red Grooms that is in its original frame and signed lower right and numbered lower left A/C 1/3 PP. The frame measures 128cm x 85cm. This lithograph depicts a woman wearing a leopard outfit lying in a field of dry grass. To his right, we see a grasshopper. There are clouds that have various shapes. It is in good condition.