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Steve Marc (Steven) Wolfe

Steve Marc (Steven) Wolfe (1955 - 2016) was active/lived in California.  Steve Wolfe is known for Painted and screen printed book and album sculptures, trompe l'oeil.

Following is The New York Times obituary of Steve Wolfe.
By Margalit Fox, June 11, 2016

Steve Wolfe, an internationally renowned artist whose best-known works are books — or are they? — died last month at his home in San Francisco. He was 60.

Mr. Wolfe died alone, and neither the precise date, circa May 13, nor the precise cause, is known, his family said.

A painter and sculptor, Mr. Wolfe brought a postmodern sensibility to the venerable tradition of trompe l’oeil, in which a work seeks to trick the eye by lending the illusion of three dimensions to a two-dimensional surface.

His preferred subject matter was books, singly and by the boxful, their creased, age-stained, sometimes Scotch-taped covers exuding companionable familiarity: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein; Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler; James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; the emblematic Remembrance of Things Past   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5197 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Steve Marc (Steven) Wolfe

   Steve Marc (Steven) Wolfe  Born:  1955 - Pisa, Italy
Died:   2016 - San Francisco, California
Known for:  Painted and screen printed book and album sculptures, trompe l'oeil

Following is The New York Times obituary of Steve Wolfe.
By Margalit Fox, June 11, 2016

Steve Wolfe, an internationally renowned artist whose best-known works are books — or are they? — died last month at his home in San Francisco. He was 60.

Mr. Wolfe died alone, and neither the precise date, circa May 13, nor the precise cause, is known, his family said.

A painter and sculptor, Mr. Wolfe brought a postmodern sensibility to the venerable tradition of trompe l’oeil, in which a work seeks to trick the eye by lending the illusion of three dimensions to a two-dimensional surface.

His preferred subject matter was books, singly and by the boxful, their creased, age-stained, sometimes Scotch-taped covers exud  ...  Displaying 750 of 5197 characters.

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