'Surreal Cityscape' by Daniel Albert Harris, 1953; Mid-Century National Academy of Design Modernist

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Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953".

A dramatic, Mid-Century cityscape showing numerous figures, … more Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953".

A dramatic, Mid-Century cityscape showing numerous figures, both concealed and partially-revealed, dispersed in a neo-classical townscape beneath a vibrant sunset.

Born Daniel Harris, and adopting the name of Zev, Harris studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Museum in Hungary and at the National Academy of Design. He was invited to exhibit in the Abstract & Surrealist Art in America exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1944. After working in the United States for eight years, Harris moved to Europe in 1953, changing his name to ZEV, which means 'wolf' in Hungarian. He then worked and exhibited in Paris and, later, in Spain and Italy where he focused his creative energies primarily on large-scale sculpture.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947
Pinacotheca Gallery (Rose Fried Gallery), New York
Furstenberg Gallery, Paris
Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Abstract & Surrealist Art in America, San Francisco Museum of Art 1944
Corcoran Gallery
Chicago Art Institute
Whitney Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum, of Art, New York
St. Louis Art Museum
Salon du Mai, Museum of Modern Art, Paris less