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ARTIST: Stanley Meltzoff (New York, 1917 - 2006) TITLE: Illustration - Uranium Extraction from Johannesburg Gold Mines YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame. ART SIZE: 18 x 21 inches / 45 x 53 cm FRAME SIZE: 28 x 30 inches / 71 x 76 cm SIGNATURE: lower left PROVENANCE: created for Rohm & Haas CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 129201 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Stanley Meltzoff (1917-2006) was born in New York, his father Nathan was a cantor at a Manhattan synagogue and instilled in his son a keen appreciation for the arts. Stanley was educated at CCNY, graduating with a Phi Beta Kappa key and falling into an instructorship at the famed Pratt Institute of Art before the advent of World War II. During the war, he was a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, honing his illustration skills to formidable proportions alongside such luminaries as Bill Mauldin and Ed Vebel. In addition to his work on the army newspaper, he created he visuals for Puptent Poets, a small paperback of soldiers' verse that struck a nerve with every serviceman who opened its pages.