Sid Chafetz
Sherrie Gallerie represents the estate of Sid Chafetz.
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Portraits Political OSU Still Lifes, Nudes, Landscapes paintings & drawings
Portraits
Sid Chafetz, Rotogravure Stroller, etching, 1974, 8.5x5.75 in
Sid Chafetz, Adele, lithograph, 1947, 13x10.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Amy Lived the Almanac, woodcut, 1968, 30x20 in
Left: Sid Chafetz, Homage to FF Jenkins, woodcut, 1968, 34x20 in
Sid Chafetz, Amy Greets the Dawn, lithograph, 1988, 17.5x19.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Amy & the Butterflies, lithograph, 1985, 33x26 in
Sid Chafetz, Amy Lowell, etching, 1970, 15.25x11.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Gogol, the Doctors, and the Leeches, woodcut, 1967, 22x34.25 in
Right: Sid Chafetz, Heinrich Heine, woodcut, 1970, 19.5x11.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Isaac Bashevis Singer, lithograph, 1981, 14.5x11 in
Sid Chafetz, Gary Snyder, etching, 1987, 11.25x8 in
Sid Chafetz, Jon, woodcut, 1954, 17x11.75 in
Sid Chafetz, Eudora Welty, color etching, 1981, 13.25x9.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Vicky and Eddie, etching, 1970, 12x9.5 in
Sid Chafetz, James Joyce, woodcut, 1979, 14.7x16 in
Sid Chafetz, Classical Stroller, 2005, color etching, 12.5x7.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Thoreau, lithograph, 1978, 21x15.25 in
Sid Chafetz, James Baldwin, lithograph, 1981, 17x12.25 in
Mark Strand, color woodcut, 1988, 6.75x4.75 in
Sid Chafetz, W.C. Williams, etching, 1970, 8x5.75 in
Sid Chafetz, Ben Franklin, woodcut, 1970, 4.5x3.25 in
Sid Chafetz, Lady and Dogs, color lithograph, 1988, 21.5x13.75 in
Sid Chafetz, Mayakovsky, woodcut, 1969, 17.5x11.5 in
Sid Chafetz, A.J. Muste, woodcut, 1967, 26x15.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Self Portrait, color lithograph, 1987, 22x15 in
Sid Chafetz, Ben Gurion, woodcut, 1961, 18.5x17.25 in
Sid Chafetz, D Mahler (self portrait), woodcut, 1959, 15x12.75 in
Sid Chafetz, Wilson, woodcut, 1955, 11.5x11.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Two Geniuses, woodcut, 1970, 20x15.25 in
Sid Chafetz, Homage to Bert Williams, etching, 1970, 18.75x12 in
Sid Chafetz, Swift, etching and aquatint, 1970, 15x14 in
Political
Sid Chafetz, POLS, etching, 10x12 in, 1969
Sid Chafetz, Perplexed Cabinet Officer, woodcut, 1967, 19.5x11.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Faith, Hope, and Charity, etching, 1969, 8.5x10.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Ephemera Series #3 (Vermiculation), etching with chine collé, 1974, 23 3/4 x 17 7/8 in
Sid Chafetz, I Hear America Singing II, color lithograph and etching, 1970-72, 17.25x20.25 in
Sid Chafetz, Souvenir, etching and aquatint, 1960-1969, 9.75x7.5 in
Right: Sid Chafetz, Patriotism II, etching, 1970, 10x8.75 in
Sid Chafetz, Patriotism, etching, 1969, 18x15 in
Sid Chafetz, Three Women, etching, 1968-1971, 7.5x9 in
Sid Chafetz, The Committee, lithograph, 12 5/8 x 16 1/2 in, 1999
The Ohio State University
Sid Chafetz, Spring, etching, 9 x 11 1/2 in, 1981
Sid Chafetz, Men of Goodwill, woodcut, 1963, 17.5x18 in
Sid Chafetz, Triple A, color woodcut, 1986, 18.5x12.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Moo-oo, color woodcut, 1963, 17x24in
Sid Chafetz, Mars & Venus - Last Tango in Columbus, woodcut, 1975, 29.5x20 in
Sid Chafetz, Baa-aa, etching, 1963, 8.5x14 in
Right: Sid Chafetz, At the Game, color lithograph, 1989, 9.5x8.5 in
Sid Chafetz, This Year's Squad, color woodcut, 1990, 14x10.5 in
Sid Chafetz, Meeting, etching, 1963, 9.5x11.5 in, SOLD
Sid Chafetz, The Reign of the Queen and her Court, lithograph, 1987, 25x18.25 in
Still Lifes, Nudes, Landscapes
Sid Chafetz, Reclining Nude, color lithograph, 2002, 16x21.25 in
Sid Chafetz, Mountain Landscape, unique etching, circa 1970
Sid Chafetz, Mountain Landscape, color woodcut, 1971, 16x13 in
Sid Chafetz, Landscape, woodcut, 1950
Sid Chafetz, MacDowell Patterns, color woodcut, 1979, 14x20 in
Paintings & Drawings
Artist info
Sid Chafetz was passionately interested in politics, justice, education, and literature and almost equally fond of puns, jokes, and bawdy humor. To him, being an artist meant “using satire to stab at pomposity, whether in my own field of academe or in our political world” and “honoring the great poets and writers who speak to the human condition.” These beliefs permeated his art.
Chafetz was born on March 27, 1922, in Providence, Rhode Island. He enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1940 and was drafted into the U.S. Army two years later. After serving in the war, Chafetz returned to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1947. He then went back to Europe and continued his professional training at L’Ecole Americaine des Beaux-Arts in Fontainebleau, France; the Acadãmie Julian in Paris; and with artists Fernand Lãger and Stanley W. Hayter.
Chafetz came to teach at The Ohio State University in 1948 and was instrumental in establishing and nurturing the printmaking program in the Department of Art. He retired from the university as professor emeritus in 1982 so he could concentrate on his own work. Chafetz remained active as a working and exhibiting artist throughout his life.
His honors and awards included two Fulbright Fellowships, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, a MacDowell Fellowship, and a Ford Foundation grant. Private and corporate collections worldwide, and in such museums as the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the Morgan Library, the New York Public Library, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Columbus Museum of Art, a major repository of his work.