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Meditation and Minou
Color lithograph and serigraph, 1980
Signed and numbered in pencil (see photo)
Printer Styria Studio, Inc. New York
Publisher: Harry Abrams, New York
Edition: 150 (85/150)
Reference: Szoke (Moser) 175
Condition: Printed on BFK Rives paper
Framed with glass (see photo)
- Creator:Will Barnet (1911, American)
- Creation Year:1980
- Dimensions:Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
- Reference Number:Seller: FA97191stDibs: LU14013372002
Will Barnet
At the beginning of his career, Will Barnet was known for his figural depictions of domestic scenes. But, as he continued to stylistically develop, Barnet arrived at abstract geometric paintings far removed from his original career. A part of the Indian Space Painters group, Barnet was inspired by Native American art in creating these divergent images. Throughout his career, Barnet oscillated between representational and abstract paintings, never fully settling on one. He has received the National Medal of Arts in 2011, and his work has been displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Charcoal and pencil on vellum, 1984
Signed and dated in pencil by the artist
Minou was Barnet's feline companion throughout many of his most prolific years. It has been said that if you entered Barnet's studio and Minou did not like you Barnet lost interest and dismissed you almost immediately.
Provenance:
Susan Teller Gallery, prior to 2005 (one of Barnet's friends and dealers)
Babcock Galleries, 2005-2008
This drawing is related to a similar composition reproduced in the Richard Boyle catalog for Babcock Galleries.
References:
Boyle, Will Barnet Drawings, related to works reproduced on pp. 21, 41 (see photo of page 41)
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Condition: Excellent
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Archival framing with DEN Glass (see photo)
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Born May 25, 1911, Beverly, Massachusetts, US
Died November 13, 2012 (aged 101), New York City, US
Will Barnet (May 25, 1911 – November 13, 2012) was an American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting the human figure and animals, both in casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds.
Biography
Born in 1911 in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet knew by the age of ten that he wanted to be an artist. As a student, he studied with Philip Leslie Hale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and viewed first-hand John Singer Sargent at work on the murals of the Boston Public Library. In 1930, Barnet studied at the Art Students League of New York, with Stuart Davis and Charles Locke, beginning his long association with the school. Here he concentrated on painting as well as printmaking, and, in 1936, he became the official printer for the Art Students League. There, he later instructed students in the graphic arts at the school and taught alongside the likes of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Robert Beverly Hale and Richard Pousette-Dart. Barnet influenced a generation of artists, including James Rosenquist, Knox Martin, Emil Milan, Paul Jenkins, Ethel Fisher and Cy Twombly. Barnet continued his love of teaching with positions at the Cooper Union, at Yale University, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was represented by the Bertha Schaefer Gallery in New York City. Barnet had three sons, Peter, Richard, and Todd Barnet, by his first wife Mary Sinclair. Barnet later married Elena Barnet, with whom he had a daughter, Ona Barnet.
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A longtime resident of the National Arts Club, Barnet died in New York City on November 13, 2012, at the age of 101.
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