Saul Bolasni, drawings at the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation

These works are all from the permanent collection, therefore none are for sale.

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2
Untitled (Darogle Aine), 1959
Ink & watercolor on paper
17 x 13.5"
Gift of the artist

6
Untitled (Kenneth Yang), 1959
Ink & watercolor on paper
17 x 13.5"
Gift of the artist

7
Untitled (Jacque de Menases a'bord De Grasse)), 1949
Ink & watercolor on paper
14.25 x 9.5"
Gift of the artist

9
Untitled (Stanley Simmons), 1950
Ink & watercolor on paper
16 x 12.5"
Gift of the artist

10
Untitled (Claude), 1959
Ink & watercolor on paper
13 x 10.5"
Gift of the artist

11
Untitled (Arturo Ewart), 1949
Ink & watercolor on paper
14.25 x 9.5"
Gift of the artist

13
Untitled (Ken Ackerman), 1950s
Ink & watercolor on paper
11.5 x 9.75"
Gift of the artist

15
Untitled (Sylvester), 1959
Ink & watercolor on paper
14.5 x 10.5"
Gift of the artist

18
Untitled (David), 1958
Ink & watercolor on paper
13.5 x 10.5"
Gift of the artist

22
Untitled (David in green scarf), 1956
Ink & watercolor on paper
14.5 x 9.75"
Gift of the artist

27
Untitled (David lunch), 1956
Ink & watercolor on paper
15.5 x 9.75"
Gift of the artist

29
Untitled (David in Paris), 1959
Ink & watercolor on paper
14.5 x 10.5"
Gift of the artist

30
Untitled (Edward Melcarth), 1959
Ink & watercolor on paper
17 x 13.5"
Gift of the artist

31
Untitled (Kenneth Lane), late 1950s
Ink & watercolor on paper
14 x 10.75"
Gift of the artist

34
Untitled (David Hill), 1970s
Ink & wash on paper
24.5 x 18"
Gift of the artist

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Untitled (Richard Taddei), ca. 1969
Ink & wash on paper
24 x 18"
Gift of the artist

Portraits by Saul Bolasni (born 1916)

At the age of twenty, Saul Bolasni, having had less than a year at the Cleveland Institute of Art, packed a roll of drawings and bought a bus ticket to New York. His immediate goal was to become a designer for
Radio City Music Hall. That plan did not come to fruition, but Saul did very soon find work as an illustrator for magazines, especially for The New Yorker.

Saul also began to study dance after arriving in the city and landed jobs as a dancer in shows on Broadway while continuing to work as a free lance illustrator. In addition to The New Yorker , his illustrations appeared in Town and Country , Vogue , and Harpers . In 1942 Saul’s drawing of a Victorian dowager decorating an egg graced the cover of the Easter issue of The New Yorker .

A portrait of Lotte Lenya by Bolasni is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington; theater designs in the Museum of The City New York; and costume illustrations in the archive of the Fashion Institue of Technology.

In the 1960s Saul met Richard Taddei at a life drawing salon run by Edward Melcarth. Both of these artists are represented in the collection of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation and in the current show
SELDOM SEEN . Saul’s portraits of these artists are included in NEVER SEEN, which is part of a group of 56 drawings and paintings that the artist donated in April 2009 and is being exhibited for the first time.

Today, the young man who came to New York from Ohio is still enjoying life in the big city.

—Rob Hugh Rosen

To make a purchase email Rob or call 212-431-2609 and ask for Rob. Thank you.

The Drawings of SAUL BOLASNI
These works are all from the permanent collection, therefore none are for sale. Go to the Seldom Seen page

© 2009 Saul Bolasni. All rights reserved.


2 Untitled (Darogle Aine), 1959 Ink & watercolor on paper 17 x 13.5" Gift of the artist	6 Untitled (Kenneth Yang), 1959 Ink & watercolor on paper 17 x 13.5" Gift of the artist	7 Untitled (Jacque de Menases a'bord De Grasse)), 1949 Ink & watercolor on paper 14.25 x 9.5" Gift of the artist

9 Untitled (Stanley Simmons), 1950 Ink & watercolor on paper 16 x 12.5" Gift of the artist	10 Untitled (Claude), 1959 Ink & watercolor on paper 13 x 10.5" Gift of the artist	11 Untitled (Arturo Ewart), 1949 Ink & watercolor on paper 14.25 x 9.5" Gift of the artist

13 Untitled (Ken Ackerman), 1950s Ink & watercolor on paper 11.5 x 9.75" Gift of the artist	15 Untitled (Sylvester), 1959 Ink & watercolor on paper 14.5 x 10.5" Gift of the artist	18 Untitled (David), 1958 Ink & watercolor on paper 13.5 x 10.5" Gift of the artist

22 Untitled (David in green scarf), 1956 Ink & watercolor on paper 14.5 x 9.75" Gift of the artist	27 Untitled (David lunch), 1956 Ink & watercolor on paper 15.5 x 9.75" Gift of the artist	29 Untitled (David in Paris), 1959 Ink & watercolor on paper 14.5 x 10.5" Gift of the artist

30 Untitled (Edward Melcarth), 1959 Ink & watercolor on paper 17 x 13.5" Gift of the artist	31 Untitled (Kenneth Lane), late 1950s Ink & watercolor on paper 14 x 10.75" Gift of the artist	34 Untitled (David Hill), 1970s Ink & wash on paper 24.5 x 18" Gift of the artist

	37 Untitled (Richard Taddei), ca. 1969 Ink & wash on paper 24 x 18" Gift of the artist
Portraits by Saul Bolasni (born 1916) At the age of twenty, Saul Bolasni, having had less than a year at the Cleveland Institute of Art, packed a roll of drawings and bought a bus ticket to New York. His immediate goal was to become a designer for Radio City Music Hall. That plan did not come to fruition, but Saul did very soon find work as an illustrator for magazines, especially for The New Yorker. Saul also began to study dance after arriving in the city and landed jobs as a dancer in shows on Broadway while continuing to work as a free lance illustrator. In addition to The New Yorker , his illustrations appeared in Town and Country , Vogue , and Harpers . In 1942 Saul’s drawing of a Victorian dowager decorating an egg graced the cover of the Easter issue of The New Yorker . A portrait of Lotte Lenya by Bolasni is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington; theater designs in the Museum of The City New York; and costume illustrations in the archive of the Fashion Institue of Technology. In the 1960s Saul met Richard Taddei at a life drawing salon run by Edward Melcarth. Both of these artists are represented in the collection of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation and in the current show SELDOM SEEN . Saul’s portraits of these artists are included in NEVER SEEN, which is part of a group of 56 drawings and paintings that the artist donated in April 2009 and is being exhibited for the first time. Today, the young man who came to New York from Ohio is still enjoying life in the big city. —Rob Hugh Rosen

© 2009 Saul Bolasni. All rights reserved. Reproductions of these paintings are strictly prohibited without the express permission of the artist.
To make a purchase email Rob or call 212-431-2609 and ask for Rob. Thank you.