CALIFORNIA Lithograph ~ MID CENTURY MODERN ~ 1940s Signed LISTED WOMAN ARTIST

Description: Original hand signed lithograph by American artist Mina Pulsifer (1899-1989). It is titled "Paulyn" and was created by Pulsifer in 1949 and published by Associated American Artists. The subject is eight year old Paulynn Tom, daughter of Gertrude and Harry Hay-Dipp Tom, a San Diego restaurateur, Pulsifer also did a portrait of Paulynn's sister, Meijean. The image area measures 8 x 8 inches, sheet size is approx. 16 1/2 × 13 inches with deckel edges to the top, bottom and right. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right and titled at center, the lower right corner bears the blindstamp of the art printer Lynton R. Kistler, probably the most respected fine art master printer on the west coast in the mid 20th century. Aside from minor age toning on the reverse edges, it in excellent condition. This same Pulsifer lithograph is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Ackland Art Museum and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. https://whitney.org/collection/works/20141 Mina Pulsifer (1899-1989) began her art studies at the Kansas City Art Institute. After her marriage to George Pulsifer, a West Point graduate and retired Major in the U.S. Army, the couple moved to San Diego around the year1924. In order to continue her art training, she enrolled at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts where she studied under Eugene De Vol and Otto H. Schneider. Later, she took independent instruction from Nicolai Fechin and Frederick Taubes. An active member of the San Diego Art Guild, Mina received several important awards at the group’s exhibitions. Best-known as a portrait painter she exhibited her Tonio at the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. After the fair, she moved into a studio in the Spanish Village where she also served on the board of directors. In addition, she served on the board of the San Diego Art Guild which included a term as president in 1944. Among her important portrait commissions were State Senator Ben Hulse and Vice Admiral Charles A. Pownall, former Governor of Guam. In the 1940s, Pulsifer turned her attention to printmaking, particularly lithography, and began to receive recognition in that field. The Associated American Artists of New York published three of her lithographs, giving her work wide exposure. Lithographs were also 1n- in two European traveling shows organized by the Boston Public Library. Her prints can be found in the collections of the Boston Public Library, Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, National Bezalel Museum in Jerusalem, and several California museums. Her work is direct and spontaneous, giving her portraits an immediacy that is intimate and life-like. The success of her prints is due largely to the accuracy and clarity of her drawing, as well as to her excellent sense of composition. During the 1960s she shared her skills by conducting life drawing and painting workshops for the San Diego Art Guild. Continuing to exhibit into the 1970s, her style became more progressive with the times. Examples of Mina Pulsifer's work are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; the San Diego Historical Society; National Bezalel Museum (Jerusalem); Boston Public Library; Bibliothéque Nationale (Paris). (biography courtesy of the San Diego History Center)

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