“Anyway” Contemporary Abstract Floral Mixed-Media Collage by Frances Sousa

Details Details Close Description This artwork “Modular Oval #2” c.1990 is a cast paper bas relief by noted American artist Richard Benjamin Royce, born 1941. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 23.5 x 23.5 inches, framed is 28 x 28 inches. It is custom framed in silver aluminium frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, frame has minor scratches. About the artist: After getting his BA and MA in fine art at the University of Wisconsin, Richard Royce went to France to study with Stanley W. Hayter, On returning to the US he opened a studio where he produced etchings, cast paper, paintings and sculptural commissions of his own work while at the same time helping other artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Marisol, George Segal, Raphael Soyer, Francoise Gilot and Jim Rosenquist to realize works in various media. Selected collections Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France State Historical Society of Wisconsin Portland Art Museum, Oregon Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York International Paper Corporation, New York Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia Byer Museum of the Arts, Evanston, Illinois Musee du Petite Format, Couvin, Belgique Uyasuda Life Insurance Company, Japan Selected solo exhibitions 1991 Prestige Gallery, Danvers, MA 1989 Watermark/Cargo Gallery.. Kingston, NY 1986 ARRAS Gallery, NYC, NY 1985 The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1982 Linden Gallery, New York, NY 1979 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR Keller Gallery, Salem, OR The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1970 Ventura College, Ventura, CO University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1969 Comsky Gallery, Boston, MA Ohio University, OH 1968 Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA The Galor Hagen Gallery, Dallas, TX University of Southern California Gallery Selected group exhibitions 2004 Living Space Gallery, Cornville, AZ 2001 Rodman Gallery, Stockbridge, MA 1997 Dalton Fine Art, Boston, MA Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA Prestige Gallery, Atelier Royce Group Show, Danvers, MA 1996 Copley Society Gallery, Group Sculpture Show, Boston, MA 1995 Barbara’s Hang Up Gallery, Group Show, Beverly, MA 1991 Creative Framing Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 5e Exposition International “Petit Format de Papier” Cul-Des-Arts (Couvin), Belgique 1988 Premiere Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format (Traveling show to museums throughout France) 1987 “Eight Upstate Sculptors”, Woodstock Artist Assn., NY 1986 First International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany 1985 ’85 Mini-Exhibition, Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia 1984 Paperworks: A National Invitational, Chevey Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA Paper, Canvas & Glass, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA Atelier Royce Group Show, Eclipse Gallery, New York Contemporary Paperworks, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT 1983 Paper As Images – Traveling exhibition: Six galleries throughout England 1982 Papermaking USA, American Crafts Museum, New York Atelier Royce Group Show, State University, Purchase, NY New American Graphics 2, Art Museum Association of San Francisco Traveling Show Works: Paper, Sigrid Gallery, Ohio University Papermaking USA History, Process, Art, American Crafts Museum, New York New American Graphics 2, Madison Art Center, University of Wisconsin Cast Paper and Intaglio Multiples–Atelier Royce Edition, Arras Gallery, NY 1981 Printmakers’ New Offerings, Community Gallery, NY Commemorative Mini-Exhibition on Handmade Paper, Cannabis Press.. Kasama, Japan Atelier Royce Group Show, Linden Gallery, New York Paperworks, Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA 1980 Young Painters of the Eighties, Nardin Gallery, NY Printmaking: Processes/Innovations, Museum of North Orange County, CA Paper, as Medium, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition: Idaho State University; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX; University of Wisconsin; Concord College, WV; Lock Haven Art Center, Orlando, FL; University of South Mississippi; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; Georgia Museum of Art; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE 1977 Paper Art, Long Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA The Handmade Paper Object: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA; The Oakland Museum, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA; Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY; Jacksonville, Florida Museum of Art Media: PAPER, Mt. San Antonio Collage Art Gallery, CA 1972 Julie Dohan Gallery, Los Angeles 1970 Biennial Invitational, Long Beach State College, CA 1969 Comsky Gallery, Los Angeles 1968-69 A seven-country traveling exhibition of Atelier 17 of Paris, France 1968 National Invitational Print Show, Long Beach, CA Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX 1967 Salon de Mai, Paris, France Salon de L’Automne, Paris, France Salon des Jeune Sculptors, Paris, France 1965 The Milwaukee Art Museum Annual, WI less DIMENSIONS 28ʺW × 2.1ʺD × 28ʺH STYLES Abstract FRAME TYPE Framed ART SUBJECTS Abstract PERIOD Late 20th Century ITEM TYPE Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned MATERIALS Paper CONDITION Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections COLOR White TEAR SHEET CONDITION NOTES Excellent See less