Each a watercolor mounted to wove paper, 1982, each signed, titled, numbered, and dated at the lower margins, presented with a titled page inscribed "Granite Reflections 10 / Small Watercolor Paintings for Ruth Warfel / by Lee Hall, May 1982," the series presented in a bound portfolio with a blind stamp of the artist's name.

Sheet sizes 15 x 11 1/4 in.; Portfolio dimensions 15 1/2 x 12 in.

Collection of a Gentleman, Richmond, Virginia and Lincolnville, Maine

Lee Hall was a North Carolina native and renowned Abstract Expressionist, whose muses were the American and Mediterranean landscapes. Loosely titled by the locale they represent, her poetic landscapes are iterations of the tradition of abstraction derived from meditations on nature, whose forebears include a myriad of great minds from painters of the Sung Dynasty to modernist John Marin.

Hall's legacy is that of an exceptional painter, respected educator, and writer. Hall stood with the great artists of the New York School, earning herself representation at Betty Parsons' famed New York gallery. She also served as President of the esteemed Rhode Island School of Design, and she has written several books, including biographies of Willem and Elaine DeKooning and Betty Parsons.

Lee Hall generously left her estate to the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. The proceeds from acquisitions of her work through the gallery directly fund the museum's educational programs (Courtesy of Jerald Melberg Gallery).

Good estate condition, some sheets with very minor toning and edge wear.