MID-CENTURY MODERN FRAMED DAVID HOLLEMAN MOSAIC, THE SETTLERS,David Holleman, American (1927 - ). Rectangular framed tile/mosaic having a central panel depicting two settlers bordered by a framed structure, on blue ground. Marked with paper label to verso, David Holleman, The Settlers & and also signed in ink illegibly to panel verso.
Examples of his work are in the collections of the National Gallery in Washington D.C.; the Carnegie Institute, PA; Syracuse Museum, NY; Louisville Junior Museum, KY; Middlebury College Art Museum, VT and Marshall Field in Chicago.
He turned from ceramics to mosaics and evolved a style of "cityscapes" in which subtle architectural forms create a background of undulating shapes, volumes, colors and textures. His mosaics have own national prizes, including the 1954 Designer Craftsman Show in Brooklyn, NY and the 1954 Architectural League Gold Medal Competition. Panels are in the collections of the Jewish Museum in NYC, Boston University, MA, Brandeis University, MA and Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH - 21 11/16" high x 13 1/16" wide. Estimate $200-300
PROVENANCE: Estate of Bennett Boskey, Esq., Bethesda, MD
Very good condition, having no cracks. All tiles are set securely. Frame and back panel are original. Signed in pen to verso on wooden panel.
