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Will Barnet
Final Study for Atalanta, Girl with Apple

1975

$30,000
£22,702.26
€26,182.83
CA$41,892.93
A$46,933.61
CHF 24,428.90
MX$571,561.49
NOK 311,191.60
SEK 293,054.67
DKK 195,451.47
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About the Item

Will Barnet is one of America's best loved and known artists of the Post War era. He is highly distinctive for his figurative and narrative work and in some ways he is the Edgar Allan Poe of art. He beautifully drawn and delineated work exudes mystery and content. He did predatory works for his etchings, prints and paintings and this is a large scale and great subject one. Here - Atalanta is a Greek heroine who decides she wants to ward off unwanted suitors. She sets a race and declares that she will marry the one that can outrun her. All fail with the exception of Hippomedes who, assisted by Aphrodite, drops 3 apples to distract her during the race. In some ways Barnet drawings can be better than his paintings. The paintings are quite still and graphic whereas as we see here - the drawing is spontaneous and we feel the hand of the artist - working. A striking and large work to have great impact in a room - contemporary but traditional. The inside measurements - inside of mat are 48 x 36 inches.
  • Creator:
    Will Barnet (1911, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1975
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 56.5 in (143.51 cm)Width: 46.5 in (118.11 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    There are smudges which are done by the hand of the artist. It is a large sheet of paper which may exhibit some undulation and slight creases which are normal to the size and age of the work. Frame also has an antiqued surface and is not pristine.
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1413213665552

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