This is an expressive and RARE Vintage California Modernist Lithograph or Etching on Paper, by the tragically short-lived 20th c. Long Beach Modernist printmaker and USC educator, Amy Goldman (d. 1992.) This artwork is titled: "Tender Spot" at the lower left edge and depicts a fascinating tableau of surrealist imagery of erotic female anatomy, intermixed with a monotonal landscape scene of the infamous oil derricks of Signal Hill, a small municipality surrounded entirely by the city of Long Beach. A deep purple sky is dappled with floral imagery, while a tall palm tree is visible at the lower right edge. This piece reads: "Color Proof" at the lower center edge and is signed and dated in graphite: "Amy Goldman 76" at the lower right edge. Additionally, there is an old, yellowed partial artist's label on the verso which reads: "Original Prints by Amy Goldman." Approximately 23 3/8 x 29 3/4 inches (including frame.) Actual visible artwork is approximately 14 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches. Good condition for age, with some speckles of light soiling to the matting, and mild - moderate scuffing, edge wear, and chipping to the original period wood frame (please see photos.) Acquired in Los Angeles, California. Goldman's luminous artistic career was tragically cut short by a cancerous brain tumor at the young age of 40 years old, and subsequently her original pieces seldomly appear on the market. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!
About the Artist:
Amy Goldman; Artist and USC Educator
L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES
Amy Goldman, an artist and former director of art education and pre-college programs at USC, has died. She was 40.
Miss Goldman died Monday at UCLA Medical Center of brain cancer, family friend Richard de Atley said Friday.
After her right side was paralyzed by the tumor in 1988, she developed new skills as a painter, using her left hand to create expressionistic works.
Her latest exhibition opened Thursday at the Art Store Gallery on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Trained as a printmaker at Cal State Long Beach, where she earned her master of fine arts degree in 1978, Miss Goldman turned to drawing as her primary professional medium. Using colored pencils and an airbrush, she produced minutely detailed drawings of nature, including rock formations in Joshua Tree National Monument.
Her work was purchased by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Security Pacific National Bank and the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers. Her drawings were exhibited at the Roberts Art Gallery in Santa Monica, the Brand Gallery in Glendale and the Image Gallery in San Francisco.
In addition to her duties at USC, she taught at West Los Angeles Community College, Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Dominguez Hills. In 1986, she was named outstanding art educator by the California Art Education Assn.
Miss Goldman is survived by her parents, George and Anita Goldman, of Pompano Beach, Fla., a sister, two nephews and one niece.