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Original etching with plate tone created by Sigmund Abeles, "Curled Up" is an 'Artist Proof' impression printed by Robert Townsend, Amherst, Massachusetts in 1981. This etching was created in 1981; the year Sigmund Abeles, and nine other American printmakers were invited to the University of Massachusetts for a two-week period. Although this striking etching of a nude figure study is untitled, in a conversation with Sigmund Abeles, the artist provided the title, "Curled Up". Of this work, Sigmund Abeles comments "Curled Up, a simple, even cozy figure that was made during my U Mass Amherst visiting artist stint. Again scratched directly onto the plate, working to make each line touch the form."
(http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/abeles_sigmund_curled_figure.htm)
Sigmund Abeles is an American figurative artist and art educator. His work embodies the "expressive and psychological aspects of the human figure; an art focused on the life cycle." He taught art for 27 years at various institutions including Swain School of Design, Wellesley College, Boston University, the National Academy, and the Art Students League of New York. Currently Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, Abeles works full-time in his NYC and upstate NY studios. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards for printmaking, drawing, painting, and sculpture. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Abeles grew up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. During his high school years, Sigmund was mentored by Truman Moore Sr., a wood sculptor, who pointed him towards the Boston artist Gerard Francis Tempest whom he later apprenticed with. Abeles attended the University of South Carolina, initially for pre-medical studies to appease his mother but he later switched to art studies.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Abeles)
