FRANK NULF ABSTRACT ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

FRANK NULF (CANADIAN-AMERICAN, 1931�2015) GRAPHITE AND CHARCOAL DRAWING ON HEAVY ARCHIVAL PAPER WITH DECKLED EDGES, SIGNED "NULF" AND DATED [19]94 IN PENCIL LOWER LEFT, FURTHER INSCRIBED "FRANK NULF" ON THE BACKING MOUNT LOWER LEFT 30 X 22.5 IN FLOAT-MOUNTED ON WHITE BACKING BOARD; UNFRAMED BORN IN LIMA, OHIO, FRANK NULF (1931�2015) WAS A HIGHLY REGARDED…

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FRANK NULF (CANADIAN-AMERICAN, 1931�2015)
GRAPHITE AND CHARCOAL DRAWING ON HEAVY ARCHIVAL PAPER WITH DECKLED EDGES, SIGNED "NULF" AND DATED [19]94 IN PENCIL LOWER LEFT, FURTHER INSCRIBED "FRANK NULF" ON THE BACKING MOUNT LOWER LEFT
30 X 22.5 IN
FLOAT-MOUNTED ON WHITE BACKING BOARD; UNFRAMED
BORN IN LIMA, OHIO, FRANK NULF (1931�2015) WAS A HIGHLY REGARDED ARTIST AND EDUCATOR WHO EARNED HIS PH.D. FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY BEFORE MOVING TO SASKATCHEWAN IN 1969 TO SERVE AS DEAN OF FINE ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA. A RECIPIENT OF BOTH FULBRIGHT AND CANADA COUNCIL AWARDS, HE TURNED CONCENTRATED ATTENTION IN THE 1970S TO BROODING, POWERFULLY EXECUTED DRAWINGS EXPLORING THE DARKER FACETS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, WITH WORKS PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA INCLUDING THE CANADA COUNCIL ART BANK AND THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY