Property of Louanne Laroche, Laroche Collection, South Carolina

Description:

Danielle De Mers (NY/SC, 1944-2013), Two Nude Studies, Oil Pastel on paper, the first, Nude with Red Blanket, of a standing figure draped in a red cloth, signed lower right and dated 92, the second of a figure lying on her side, signed lower left and dated 94, with Ben Whiteside Gallery label, both framed floating with white mats in wood frames. Frame size of blanket: 20 in. x 17 1/2 in.

Born in Hollywood, California, Danielle De Mers grew up in Chappaqua, New York. After a childhood spent “looking over my father’s shoulder as he drew and painted his illustrations,” De Mers majored in painting and printmaking at Bennington College in Vermont. Upon graduation, she moved to Montreal where she joined L’Atelier 848, an artist-run printmaking studio. From Montreal, De Mers moved to New York City. She joined the Pratt Graphic Center, continuing her printmaking and studying under Clare Romano (etching & collograph) and David Finkbeiner (intaglio). While maintain her Manhattan studio, De Mers worked at New York University's (Tisch) School of the Arts Theater Program, becoming its Administrative Director. Also a member of the Design Department faculty, she taught beginning and advanced Figure Drawing. De Mers left academia in 1980 to spend more time with her parents, Joe and Janice. They had come to Hilton Head in 1969 and opened the Joe De Mers Gallery, Ltd. in Harbourtown during the island’s pioneer days. Danielle contributed two watercolor figure studies to the first Evening of the Arts auction in 1981 and in 1982, had her solo exhibition at Louanne LaRoche’s Red Piano Art Gallery.

Measurements: Height: sheet size of blanket: 9 3/8 in. x Width: 7 3/8 in.

Condition:

Good condition, some light wear to edges of paper, light wear to frames.

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