Sid Chafetz

A well known Columbus artist, Sid Chafetz (1922-) received his training at the Rhode Island School of Design; L'Ecole Americaine des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau; L'Academie Julien, Paris; and with Fernand Léger, Paris. He started teaching at Ohio State University in 1948 from where he retired in 1982, although he continues to maintain a studio there. He has had numerous exhibitions in both the U.S. and abroad and his works are in the collections of many major museums including: the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Museums; the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Smithsonian Museum; the Pierpont Morgan Library; The Dahlem Museum, Berlin; and the New York Public Library. His output over his long artistic career has been almost entirely prints whose subject matter has explored politics, portraiture, the university community, personal biography, and the holocaust. In a catalogue produced as part of a retrospective exhibition at The Ohio State University Gallery of Fine Art, Henry Klein wrote, "For those of us who know, have worked with, and/or have studied under Sidney Chafetz, his life and art flow from the same wellspring. He is a "mensch."

Chafetz - Print
Sid Chafetz created this colorful print as an illustration for the book Epodes (which is also for sale on this site), a collection of Cynthia Ozick poems produced at the Logan Elm Press under the direction of Robert Tauber. Printed in addition to the book, this is a relief linoleum block print on paper fashioned by the artist with stenciled pigmented pulps. Signed (S. Chafetz) and dated (‘92) in the lower left corner, the print is in mint condition and will be sent flat in an acid-free mat. sheet size - 17 1/4" x 22 1/4" Price: $500.00 info@artatthecenter.com		Click image to enlarge

Epodes - First Poems
The Logan Elm Press produced imaginatively designed books under the direction of Robert Tauber. Epodes is a very special 1992 Logan Elm folio of collected Cynthia Ozick poems with four prints by Sid Chafetz. The text pages and cover are handmade paper; the illustrations are relief linoleum block prints on paper fashioned by the artist with stenciled pigmented pulps; watermarks were designed and cast especially for this volume; each copy was hand sewn onto a wood spine; with the volume housed in a handmade two-part wood box with a reading base and a cover that doubles as a display stand. In mint condition, this artist's copy is numbered 2 of 150 total and is signed by the author, artist, designer and producer. A truly exceptional book! Price: $800.00 info@artatthecenter.com		Click image to enlarge

Lithograph - Ben Gurion
A determined David Ben Gurion stares out at the viewer, together with one of his most famous quotes, "Any man who does not believe in miracles is not a realist!". A 1984 offset lithograph of edition size 350; signed and titled in pencil. In excellent condition. We ship this print in an acid-free mat. image - 14" x 20" Price: $120.00 info@artatthecenter.com		Click image to enlarge

Lithograph - Freud
An offset lithograph (1984) of one of Chafetz's better known images: edition size 350, signed and titled in pencil, in excellent condition. We ship this print flat. image - 17 1/2" x 17 1/2" Price: $120.00 info@artatthecenter.com		Click image to enlarge