It’s not surprising that Barbara Lynch Zinkel was a textile artist before moving on to printmaking, working out ideas of composition and color in weavings. Her geometric forms often have a very tactile presence that lifts them off the page, despite their graphic flatness.
After earning a BA in political science at UC Berkeley in the late 1960s, the American artist studied at Wayne State University, in Detroit, with Robert Kidd, who had been head of fiber arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art, the legendary Bloomfield Hills institution that became the go-to art school for mid-century modernist masters such as Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia and Florence Knoll.
Zinkel was deeply fixated on color, playing different hues off one another for a variety of dramatic effects. A 1994 silkscreen titled Burgundy Blue is one of several directly inspired by German-born color theorist — and Bauhaus educator — Josef Albers’s legendary “Homage to the Square,” a series of paintings begun in 1950 that investigate the perceptual mutations produced when colors are juxtaposed in nested squares.
But Zinkel reveals much more of her hand in her slightly imperfect geometric forms and staggered edges. The effect is refreshingly lively and personal.
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Imperial Red, Colorful Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel inspired by the Josef Albers "Homage to the Square". Date: 1994 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso an...
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$600
Rainbow I, Colorful Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil...
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$1,800
Detroit Renaissance, Large Abstract Silkscreen by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil...
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$480Sale Price|20% Off
Rainbow II, Colorful Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, numbered in pencil lower left, estate stamped verso Edition: 250 Image Size...
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Shadow II, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed, ...
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$600
Shadows I, Colorful Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso and numbered in pe...
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Dallas, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed, ...
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Astral Obelisk, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed, ...
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Burgundy Blue, Colorful Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel inspired by the Josef Albers "Homage to the Square". Date: 1994 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso an...
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Reverie, Colorful Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1992 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil...
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Sunset, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: 1994 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso and numbered in pe...
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Homage to the Square (Summer), Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Minimalist screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, inspired by Josef Albers' iconic "Homage to the Square". Date: 1987 Medium: Scr...
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Inspiration, Colorful Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: 1994 Medium: Screenprint, numbered in pencil, estate stamped in pen...
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Sunrise, Colorful Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: circa 1990 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso and numbered...
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Triangles in the Air, Abstract Minimalist Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 28 x 25.5 inches Size : 32.5 ...
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$1,250
Wildwood, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, estate stamped and numbered in pencil. Date: circa 1990 Medium: Screenp...
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$1,495
H 14.88 in W 14.88 in
Josef Albers, Color Abstract Screenprint, Homage to the Square, 1977, Framed
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Josef Albers Title: Homage to the Square Medium: Screenprint Date: 1977 Edition: 1500 Image Size: 8 1/4" x 8 1/4" Sheet Size: 9" x 9 1/2" Frame Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signat...
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$3,000
H 26.44 in W 28.57 in
MMA-3 Variant /// Josef Albers Abstract Geometric Screenprint Color Field Theory
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "MMA-3 Variant" Series: MMA (Metropolitan Museum of Art) *Unsigned edition Year...
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$3,000
H 17.07 in W 17 in
Variant I /// Josef Albers Abstract Geometric Screenprint Minimalism Bauhaus Art
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Variant I" Portfolio: Ten Variants *Unsigned edition Year: 1967 Medium: Original Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Limited edit...
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$20,000
H 33.25 in W 26.25 in D 2.25 in
"Untitled" screenprint by artist Pierre Soulages from "Kinderstern" portfolio
By Pierre Soulages
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" abstract screenprint (Encrevé/Miessner Kat. N° 113) by artist Pierre Soulages from the "Kinderstern" portfolio published by Edition Domberger to raise money to house famil...
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$750Sale Price|37% Off
H 24.63 in W 42.38 in
Grove #1 /// Abstract Geometric Colorful Jay Rosenbulm New York Screenprint Art
By Jay Rosenblum
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jay Rosenblum (Americam, 1933-1989) Title: "Grove #1" *Signed by Rosenblum in pencil lower right Year: 1979 Medium: Original Screenprint on white Stonehenge paper Limited edi...
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$2,500
H 36.63 in W 29.88 in
Homage to Barnett Newman /// Gene Davis Abstract Geometric Minimal Screenprint
By Gene Davis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985) Title: "Homage to Barnett Newman" *Signed and dated by Davis in pencil lower right Year: 1979 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded soft-...
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$3,000
H 31 in W 28.5 in D 2.25 in
Geometric Abstraction Color field silkscreen signed Artists Proof, Museum Frame
By Ludwig Sander
Located in New York, NY
LUDWIG SANDER Untitled geometric abstraction Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 90 Hand signed and annotated AP on the front Elegantly matted and framed in white wood m...
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Magic Rainbow II, Limited Edition Signed Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in San Rafael, CA
Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) Magic Rainbow II, late 20th century Screenprint in colors on wove paper LXIII/XC (edition 63/90) Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge 13 x 15...
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$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 39 in W 29.5 in D 1 in
Scissors Jack Series 1978 Two Signed Limited Edition Screen Prints
By Larry Zox
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Larry Zox Two Screen Prints Edition: Signed in pencil and marked XXII/XXX Scissors Jack I Scissors Jack II 39'' x 29.5'' inches Larry Zox is one of the principal representatives...
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Serie Madrid B, 1990
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Soto (1923-2005) Serie Madrid B, 1990 Denise Rene Editeur, Paris (with Denise Rene's blind-stamp) Screen print in heavy paper 59 x 45.3 in (150 x 115 cm) Professionally framed...
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$7,101
H 24.18 in W 24.18 in
SP I from "SP" - Abstract, Screenprint, Square, Brown, Blue, Green
By Josef Albers
Located in Köln, DE
This screenprint from 1967 is an unsigned copy which was edited alongside the portfolio "SP": portfolio with 12 colour screenprints on Schöllers Hammer Board. The edition comprises ...
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$6,000
H 16.94 in W 16.94 in
Arctic Bloom /// Josef Albers Blue Orange Screenprint Homage to the Square Print
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arctic Bloom" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Unsigned edition Year: 1965 Medium: Original Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine...
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Sunset, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel. Date: 1994 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso and numbered in penc...
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H 30 in W 30.5 in
Burgundy Blue, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel inspired by the Josef Albers "Homage to the Square". Date: 1994 Medium: Screenprint, estate stamped verso an...
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Imperial Red, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel inspired by the Josef Albers "Homage to the Square". Date: 1994 Medium: ...
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Shadow I, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil...
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Rainbow II, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil. Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil...
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Rainbow II, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil (11/250) Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled i...
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Rainbow I, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, signed and numbered in pencil (11/250) Date: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, dated and titled i...
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H 32 in W 32 in
Homage to the Square (Spring), Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Lynch Zinkel
By Barbara Lynch Zinkel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Minimalist screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel, inspired by Josef Albers' iconic "Homage to the Square". Date: 1987 Medium: Scr...
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