Lot #1788: CHARLES I. OKERBLOOM, JR. - Iowa Farm Girl - Lithograph

   

Artist: Charles I. Okerbloom, Jr. (American, 1908 - 1999).
Title: "Iowa Farm Girl".
Medium: Lithograph.
Date: Composed c1940s.
Dimensions: Image size: 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm).
Lot Note(s): Estate stamp, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. Cream wove watermarked paper. Ample margins. Fine impression. Very good condition. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Comment(s): A listed artist, Okerbloom was born August 13, 1908, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, graduating from Ohio State in 1930. Okerbloom served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas for a number of years. He served as an associate professor at both Ohio University and the University of Tulsa. An accomplished painter, Okerbloom joined the Department of Art at the University of Arkansas in 1953, reaching the rank of full professor in 1963. He retired in 1969. His works are in collections and art museums in Dallas, Texas; Tulsa, Okla.; New Orleans, La.; and Columbus and Toledo, Ohio. His artwork is also in the permanent collection of the State University of Iowa. [7065-2-100]