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Will Barnet
PLAY Signed Lithograph, Young Woman In Tree Playing with Cats, Rainbow Sunset

1975

About the Item

PLAY by the American painter and printmaker Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911 - died Nov. 13, 2012) is an original hand drawn lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper 100% acid free. signed edition of 150, image size 30 x 23.5 inches, paper size 35 x 26" inches. PLAY portrays a pleasing portrait of a young woman in a tree, lying on a branch playfully dangling a piece of twine to her two cats on the ground below her. Barnet's use of flat shades of deep blue gray, brown, light peach beige, with a warm blend of colors moving in horizontal progression from the top: a deep orange yellow, cherry red, purple, blue, green, fading into a pale yellow creating an impressive rainbow sunset as the background. Print size - 35 x 26 in. unframed, very good condition, pencil signed by Will Barnet Edition size - 150 Year published - 1975 Printer- JK Fine Art Editions Co. NY, Joseph Kleineman, master printer About the artist - A painter and master printmaker, Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911 - died Nov. 13, 2012) is known for his strong compositions that feature children, women and animals in both domestic and dreamlike situations. His early work was strongly influenced by Social Realism, depicting the hardships of Depression-era life. After joining the Art student League as a printer, Barnet’s work moved into a Modernist period—his domestic interiors interspersed with geometric abstractions often associated with the Indian Space Painters. As he moved through various styles and movements, Barnet maintained a highly skilled, enigmatic technique that went on to influence an entire generation of artists including James Rosenquist and Cy Twombly. Barnet’s work is held in over 200 museum collections around the world, and he has been the subject of many major solo exhibitions and retrospectives including the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Design Museum, the National Museum of American Art, and the Montclair Art Museum, among others. He taught at a number of institutions, including Cooper Union and Yale University. Barnet was a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London. In 2011 President Barack Obama awarded Barnet a National Medal of Arts and in 2012 he was given the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by France.
  • Creator:
    Will Barnet (1911, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1975
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Very good condition, slight handling, never been framed or mounted, pencil signed dedicated printers proof aside from the edition of 150, from the master printers private collection.
  • Gallery Location:
    Union City, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU83235434301
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