Paula Scher: Maps Screenprints 2006-2010 Exhibit & Announcing Pre-Publication of 3 New Screenprints

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Stendhal Gallery is pleased to present Paula Scher: Maps Screenprints 2006-2010 from February 4 – March 27 2010.

New York, NY, February 10, 2010 (PressReleasePoint) -- Stendhal Gallery is pleased to present Paula Scher: Maps Screenprints 2006-2010 from February 4 – March 27 2010. Scher’s limited edition screenprints are created with the highest quality fine art screen-printing technique, each realized with the same hand-drawn elegance of her painted maps. These screenprints will last over 500 years and can be passed down for generations as highly collectible works of art. Executed in an array of remarkable 30 - 40 colors, meticulous attention to detail, these stunning works are sought after by fine art collectors all over the world. The Limited Edition Screenprints Maps Series is highly collectible and are an excellent way to build a contemporary art collection. Prints included in the exhibition are India (2010), Europe (2009), NYC Transit (2008), China (2008), Manhattan at Night (2008), The United States (2007), The United States (Blue) (2007), The United States (Red) (2007), The United States (White) (2007), The World (2006), The Dark World (2006), and Africa (2003).

Stendhal Gallery is announcing the publication of 3 new Paula Scher Limited Edition Maps Screenprints Israel, South America and The World II. Israel release date is in the Spring of 2010, South American in Summer 2010 and The World II in Fall 2010. For a limited time, Israel, South America, and The World II screenprints will be available for the special pre-publication price of $3,500.

Made in collaboration with Andy Warhol’s master printer Alexander Heinrici, each screenprint is hand-printed on monumental 60” x 40” Deluxe Lana Quarelle paper, hand-made in the Vosges region of France. The artist is involved in every step of the printing process, redrawing new plates in the same style as the master print makers throughout art history. Each Limited Edition Screenprint is inspected, signed, numbered and dated by the artist, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Paula Scher is a partner at Pentagram Design, Inc., where she has created identities for companies from the New York Public Theater to Citibank, among many others. Scher’s work has been exhibited in the world’s leading museums including the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. In addition, two of her limited editions prints recently sold at Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company. She has taught for over two decades at the School of Visual Arts, and held positions at Cooper Union, Yale University and the Tyler School of Art. In 2002, Princeton Architectural Press published her career monograph Make It Bigger. Scher is an active member of the Art Commission of the City of New York.
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