Ralph Fasanella Signed Art Print New York Going to Work Start Price USD 4,625.00 Current Price USD 4,625.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 11, 2008 Location Chicago See more about 'Ralph Fasanella Signed Art Print New York Going to Work' Description CLICK HERE TO MAKE PAYMENT WHEN THE AUCTION ENDS!!!Ralph Fasanella Signed Art Print New York Going to WorkThis imaginative cityscape print portrays New York's workday. There are many interesting perspectives here, including an unusual glimpse into a factory, the subway, and a detailed array of colorful buildings and people.Artist: Ralph FasanellaTitle: New York Going to WorkMedium: SerigraphImage Size: 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 inchesSheet Size: 31 x 35 1/2 inchesSigned in pencil, lower right Numbered from an edition of 300, lower left Excellent condition; never mounted, matted or framed Certificate of Authenticity includedRalph Fasanella (September 2, 1914 December 16, 1997) was a self-taught painter whose large, detailed works depicted urban working life and critiqued post-World War II America.In the mid-1940s, Fasanella began to suffer from intense finger pain caused by arthritis. A union co-worker suggested that he take up painting as a way to exercise his fingers and ease the pain.In 1945, Fasanella persuaded the UE to organize painting classes for its members at a local college. He was one of the first members to sign up for classes.Fasanella became consumed by art, and left labor union organizing to paint full-time. To pay the bills, he pumped gasoline at a service station.Fasanella's painting focused on city life, men and women at work, union meetings, strikes, sit-ins and baseball games. He quickly developed a style which spoke to workers and the poor through the use of familiar details. Fasanella improvised a quasi-surrealist style, depicting interiors and exteriors or past and future simultaneously. He painted canvases as big as 10 feet across because he envisioned his paintings hanging in large union meeting halls." 'I always felt embarrassed by the whole goddamn thing,' he said, 'but I had to do it.' "[3]Fasanella's art was highly improvisational. He never planned out works, and rarely revised them. He said of his 1948 painting May Day, it "just came out of my belly. I never planned it. I don't know how I did it."[2]His first solo show was at the ACA Galleries in New York City in 1948. One of his first sales was to choreographer Jerome Robbins.In 1950, Fasanella married Eva Lazorek, a school teacher. They had a son, Marc, and a daughter, Gina.Fasanella's opinionated, leftist-oriented artwork caused him to be blacklisted among art dealers and galleries during the McCarthy era. His wife supported him by teaching school.Fasanella's work, however, remained largely unknown for nearly 30 years. While he was acknowledged within labor and leftist circles, his art remained more of a popular curiosity.Fasanella's 5-foot by 10-foot painting, "Lawrence 1912: The Great Strike" (also titled "Bread and Roses - Lawrence, 1912") was purchased by donations from 15 labor unions and the AFL-CIO. It was loaned to the United States Congress, where it hung for years in the Rayburn Office Building in the hearing room of the House Subcommittee on Labor and Education. Following the 1994 elections, a staffer for the new Republican majority in Congress had the painting removed from the hearing room and returned to the owners.[5] The work now hangs at the Labor Museum and Learning Center in Flint, Michigan.In 1995, Fasanella's 1950 painting, Subway Riders, was installed in the New York City subway station at Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street.Fasanella's Family Supper is currently on permanent display in the Great Hall at Ellis Island.For International shipping please request a SHIPPING QUOTEShipping and handling for this item is $14.00 plus additional insurance cost. For shipping information please see our artwork shipping table for unframed: 4" x 30" tubes on our aboutme page.PrintSee over 2,000 art, antique & collectible items on our eBay Store, by clicking here! Like this item? See similar Live auction items by clicking here!Like this item? 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