Lawrence Fine Art will exhibit works on paper by American modernist great Rolph Scarlett beginning Thursday, September 11 and continuing throughout September.  Included will be a series of Miro-esque works from the 1940s and a series of black and white works from the early 1950s that predate Motherwell and are contemporaneous with work done by Franz Kline. Also included will be a series of surrealist works by the artist.

Scarlett was a favorite of noted collector and museum founder Solomon Guggenheim and there are more than 30 of his works in the collection of the Guggenheim. These works all come from the same East Hampton collection and span the 1930s-1950s.

"Scarlett was constantly engaged with what was going on in the art world around him," said Gallery Director Howard Shapiro.  "It is the 75th anniversary of the Guggenheim's seminal exhibition The Art of Tomorrow which featured works by Scarlett, Kandinsky, Rudolf Bauer, and others.  What better time to reappraise the contributions of Scarlett to American modernism?"