Description: "Segedin X Segedin: Self Portraits and Cameos 1944 - 2020". Signed by Leo Segedin and Ken Krimstein. With poster / press kit from Rare Nest Gallery.9 x 9 inches, 105 pages, softcover / wraps. Introduction by Ken Krimstein. Edited by Ben and Paul Segedin. Copiously illustrated and with biography, exhibition history.Ken Krimstein is an American author, lecturer and graphic artist. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, where he has been publishing cartoons since 2011.ABOUT LEO SEGEDIN (B.1927, Chicago)With a career spanning more than 70 years, Leo Segedin is Rare Nest’s “senior artist” and indeed, is a beloved senior artist in the whole Chicago region. Still painting every day at 93 years old, Leo is a prolific and visionary artist and community-builder. Many of his works from the last 30 years contain auto-biographical elements and self-portraits(“I’m a cheap model”) in dual poses juxtaposing youth and honest age. The dream-like settings of Leo’s work evoke vernacular Chicago architecture- streetscapes and train stations of Chicago’s west side from the 1930’s to the present. Leo's serial works explore the complex emotional life behind childhood games, conflict around difference and ultimately the strength of the individual. Segedin has mastered meticulous techniques, reminiscent of Flemish masters, in order to evoke the life of an outsider. Leo achieves supreme poetry in his work. Leo received his BFA (1948) and MFA (1950) from the University of Illinois. He has taught at the University of Illinois (assistantship, 1948-50), U.S. Army Engineers (drafting, 1952-54) and at Northeastern Illinois University (1955-87). He is Art Professor Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University. He retired in 1987 after teaching there for 32 years. Mr. Segedin has been an exhibiting artist since 1947. Mailed with USPS Media Mail.See my other auctions of rare art catalogs, art deco, signed artist jewelry and Chicagoana.
Price: 28 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
End Time: 2024-12-16T00:17:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 2020
Modified Item: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Leopold Segedin Paintings
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Region: American Midwest
Illustrator: Leo Segedin
Author: Various
Subject: Chicago Artist
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Modification Description: Signed by the subject - artist Leo Segedin - as well as Ken Krimstein, renowned graphic novelist and the author of the book's introduction.
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Outbound Ike
Place of Publication: Chicago
Special Attributes: Signed, 1st Edition, Illustrated
