From her early expressionist works of the 1950s, to her “Talking Pop” and Op-surrealist creations of the 1960s, and her Neo Immaculate paintings of the 1970s and beyond, Marina Stern has been preoccupied with capturing the interplay of light and shadow on the natural, built, and imagined environment. Stern’s contemplation of these concepts was the product of a precocious, multi-faceted, and clever mind. Rarely satisfied with a particular style or subject matter, Stern’s diver

1. Abstract Landscape , c. 1950s, oil on canvas, signed verso, 34 x 48 inches $12,500

2. Provincetown, c. 1950s, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, 20 ¼ x 30 inches $8,000

3. Nocturne, 1966, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, 35 x 40 inches, label verso with title and original price $22,000

4. Bull and Bear , 1967, pencil and acrylic on paper, signed and dated lower right, 25 x 22 ¼ inches $7,000

5. Night Doors II , 1968, pencil and acrylic on paper, signed lower right, 20 x 26 ½ inches, exhibited Marina Stern Paintings,  Eleanor Rigelhaupt Gallery, Boston, MA, March 29 to May 1, 1968 (label verso) $7,000

6. T hree Moons, 1968, pencil and acrylic on paper, signed and dated lower right, 21 ½ x 26 ½ inches, exhibited Marina Stern Paintings,  Eleanor Rigelhaupt Gallery, Boston, MA, March 29 to May 1, 1968 (label verso) $7,000

7. Moonscape 1 , 1968, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, 38 x 50 inches $18,000

8. Renaissance, 1969, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, 48 x 42 inches $22,000