And All But One Perished by Earle Miller
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And All But One Perished
Artist: Charles “Earle” Miller
Signed/framed WPA Surrealist Post-War Lithograph (1/30) pencil signed/titled in the lower margin. Sold in June 2022 for $400 on LiveAuctioneer (that piece was 24/30) and this is the first of the printing which makes the piece more desirable. Frame: 21” by 18 1/2”.
About the artist from AskArt: Charles “Earle” Miller (1907-1991) was born on his family’s 247 acre estate, in Downingtown, East Brandywine Township, PA. Little is known about his education/formal art training, but his passion for art had its origins in the family tradition as it was the sole focus of his life.
He married Henrietta Myers, an accomplished artist. Together they managed the family estate which in 1956 was incorporated as the Rock Raymond Farm. During these years, they focused on creating art. Henrietta, who painted under the name Peter Miller, was well known in New York art circles, and had many successful exhibitions. Earle created many truly remarkable lithographs in the 1930s and then focused on sculpture.
Both were represented by the Hahn Gallery in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia and the Kennedy Gallery in NY. They had no children and used their affluence to purchase properties and amass a world-class art collection in Modern Art.
In the 1930s, the couple purchased a property near Santa Fe, NM where they spent time with the lively artist community there. The NM exposure was reflected in the Southwest influence in their respective art.
In 1992, Roslyn Hahn of the Hahn Gallery during an interview for the Philadelphia Inquirer commented on Earle Miller’s legacy. Hahn said lithographs Earle Miller did in the 1930s were of such fine quality that he should be ranked with the best of a group of artists who belonged to what has come to be known as the WPA School. “His work was right up there with the best of them … He never got the recognition he deserved.” The evocative power of Earl Miller’s lithographs rival the very best of the WPA body of work in the medium.
Earle died in 1991. Earle Miller’s lithographs, though extremely rare, survive in some of the finest museums in America.