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Richard Britell
'Two Men Accused of a Capital Crime', Sacco and Vanzetti, Dartmouth, Ben Shahn

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£4,177.39
€4,804.76
CA$7,684.58
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Created by Richard Britell (American, born 1944) circa 1990. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Richard Britell Archive of Works, signed by the artist and noting title. Born in New York, Richard Britell first studied at the Pratt Institute with Philip Pearlstein and Walter Erlebacher (1962-1964) before attending Syracuse University ( 1964-1966). He received his BFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1972. Britell was the recipient of the 1985 artist residency by Dartmouth College and has exhibited widely and with success, including in New York, Massachusetts and Italy. Solo Exhibitions: 2011 “Measuring the Universe” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA 2010 “And Now For Some things Completely Different” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA 2010 “The Figure, The Figure, The Figure and The Figure” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA 2009 “A nest of robins in her hair” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA 2007 “NY, NY” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, Ma 2003 “Image and Text” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA 1999 “From Architecture to Abstraction” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA 1998 “New Work” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1998 “New Figures” Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA 1995 “Richard Britell, New Work” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY 1993 “New Work on Gilded Panel” Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY 1985 “Fresco Panels, Oil Paintings, and Wash Drawings” Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH 1982 “Frescoes” Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY 1981 “Richard Britell, New Paintings” Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY 1981 “Richard Britell, New Paintings” Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA Selected Group Exhibitions: 2012 “10 x 10 On North”, Lichtenstein Center of the Arts, Pittsfield, MA 2008 “Three Person Show” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2007 “The Linear and the Painterly” Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 2006 “Spring Quartet” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY 2006 “Take to The Country, Take To The City” Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 2003 “Painted Cities” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1996 “Five From Spazi” Politecnico, Rome Italy 1995 “The New Landscape” Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA 1995 “Painting x 5” Nicholas Davies & Co. New York, NY
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    Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 33.5 in (85.09 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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    marks, losses, minor gouges.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3446644782

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