Isabel Field - Monotypes & Collage

Jerry Nelson, 2008
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  Isabel Field, monotypes & collage. Earth oranges, 1 of 2, 40 x 26in   Isabel Field, monotypes & collage. Earth oranges, 1 of 2, 40 x 26in    

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Earth Oranges 1 & 2,   40 x 26 in


Isabel Field is  juried member of The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, and a founding member there of Printmakers Inc.   Her work is available at the Torpedo Factory in the studio of Printmakers, Inc.    Monotypes and collages are "one of" works, each image unique.







Dining room overview -- Isabel Field, artist

Some day we'll get our place cleaned out like Isabel's -- that spacious, modern look, then lots of big art on bare walls.   But do our dining room chairs match?              Below are 2 + 3 monotypes with collage from the dining area of the artist's home.  




Isabel Field, collages Dining Rm 2A, 26x40in   Isabel Field, collages Dining Rm 2B, 26x40in   
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Dining Room 2A, 2B. the "MIXT" series.    26 x 40 in



 



Isabel Field, collages Dining Rm 3A, 26x40in   Isabel Field, collages Dining Rm 3B, 26x40in   Isabel Field, collages Dining Rm 3C, 26x40in   
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Dining Room 3A, 3B, 3C,  
  26 x 40 in






Artist Isabel Field in her home 2008
Isabel Field and her collages, 2008.

Isabel Field, collages, MIXT, 40 x 8 in -- in subdued light      Isabel Field, collages, MIXT, 40 x 8 in -- in bright light   

" MIXT #7 "  
40 x 8 in.


Photographed in subdued, diffuse light on the left,
and in direct light on the right.

The artist delights in using a wide variety of materials.  The resulting works are very "active" (and a good tease for any photographer).

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Isabel Field, collages, Shelter Series No 4 - 16x12in   Isabel Field, collages, Shelter Series No 6 - 16x12in
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Shelter Series Nos 4 (left) and 6 (right).  



Isabel Field, collages, ColorSeries707 - 9x6in-1996

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Color Series 707,   9 x 6 in,  1996



Isabel Field, collages, Vertical-24x18in-aka_ColorScapes

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"Vertical"  aka "Color Scapes",   24 x 18 in.  

     


MORE IN THE FAMILY -- Jacob and Milton Field 

Isabel's husband Milton paints, which should be no surprise, since his father Jacob did also, and earned his living as a free-lance commercial artist.  

Jacob Morris Field (b. 1895) Three Trees, 1920. Woodcut.
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Jacob Morris Field (b. 1895) Three Trees,  1920.   Woodcut.


Landscapes and natural scenes such as the trees above were his first love, but Jacob Field's free-lancing also got him the design of two well-known products.


Savarin coffee can


Medaglia D'Oro caffé espresso can for the S. A. Schonbrunn Co. Palisades Park, NJ   Medaglia D'Oro caffé espresso can for the S. A. Schonbrunn Co. Palisades Park, NJ  


And, when the pop art craze swept the art scene, those popular products landed him the the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in the prestigious Phillips Collection Washington DC -- at least indirectly.

Jasper Johns At Whitney - 1977 - NoteCard-Savarin Coffee can
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Alexander Calder's "Only Only Bird" 
 Alexander Calder cut up Jacob Field's coffee cans and others to make his "Only  Only  Bird" (right), leaving lines of print visible in the long tail feathers -- including "ONLY Ahorns dares reveal its complete blend because Ahorns uses ONLY the highest priced premium coffee and nothing else".  "Only Only Bird" takes its name from the double "only" of Ahorn's boast.  

All of this got to be too much for Milton, who wrote to Jasper Johns care of Johns'  museum curator to say the can designs were the work of another artist, namely his father,  to which Jasper Johns graciously replied, using his Savarin Coffee note cards (above), of course.  



>Letter to Jasper Johns - The Savarin coffee can artist was Jacob Morris Field       Jasper John's reply to the son of the guy who desined his much-loved Savarin coffee can

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 Milton Field - portrait of his wife, 12x19in 
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Milton Field:  portrait of Isabel Field.   12 x 9 in













ALL's  WELL  that  ENDS  WELL  
Jasper Johns - Savarin Coffee Can w/Paintbrushes - Painted bronze, 1960
Jasper Johns, Savarin coffee can with paint brushes.
Painted bronze 1960 13 1/2 in.
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