Mirro (Mino) For Mrs. G Number Three, 1966 from the collection of Villanova University Art Collection

Mirro (Mino) For Mrs. G Number Three, 1966, 1966

Serigraph

29 x 20 in

Edition. 7/35

Signature: Signed at lower left, titled and numbered 7/35 and inscribed at lower right, "to Ben and Evelyn Bernstein, with affection, gratitude and much respect -Sam"

Inv: 1998-LITH-003

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This colorful face is Maitin’s interpretation of a minotaur, a creature from Greek mythology. Maitin made this for colleague Ilona Gerbner (Mrs. G), a playwright, director, and teacher at the University of Pennsylvania. Ilona’s husband, George Gerbner, served as Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, where all three worked. Ilona Gerbner went on teach in Penn’s Theater Arts Program, and retired in 1989 after a 22-year career.

Maitin’s connection with the University of Pennsylvania dates to 1945 as a night student. He was instrumental in building the visual arts program at Annenberg. Maitin’s 1975 mural Celebration still stands in the Annenberg lobby.

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About the artist

Samuel Maitin

1928–2004

Sam Maitin (1928-2004) was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, muralist, graphic designer, teacher, and political activist. Known as Philadelphia's unofficial "Mayor of the Arts", Maitin attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts (later changed to University of the Arts) before working at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication, Woodmere Museum, and more.

Common visual themes among Maitin's work include geometric shapes, bright and unblended colors, and the occasional addition of text. His work is in the permanent collection of several museums throughout Europe and the United States.

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