This 1970s felt marker portrait is by Illinois artist Dellard Cassity (1926-2008). Cassity graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Fine Art. While internationally recognized artists such as Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly and Victor Vasarely were pioneering the styles of Hard-Edge abstraction and Optical Art in the world's big cities, Dellard Cassity was quietly doing the same in his small town of Litchfield, Illinois, a drastic change from his early academic and post-academic pieces of the 1940s-50s.
1970s Felt Marker on Paper 14"x16" framed, 6"x7" unframed
Unsigned. Framed in a restored vintage wood frame with archival matting and conservation glass. Excellent vintage condition.