Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
American, 1904-2000
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers, scores of awards and solo exhibits, and streams of praise flowing from pens of the top art critics. Over the course of his 60+ year career Carter evolved from an exceptionally fine American Scene painter capable of evoking deep reservoirs of mood, into an abstractionist with a strongly surrealist bent.
While his two bodies of work seem at first to be worlds apart, owing to their different formal vocabularies, they, in fact, explore virtually the same subject: the nexus between life and death and the transition from earth to spirit. The early work finds its expressive power through specific people, events, and landscapes—most of which are drawn from his experiences growing up in the river town of Portsmouth, Ohio—while the later work from the 1960s on evokes potent states of being through pure flat shape, color and form that read as universals. As his primary form he adopted the ovoid or egg shape, endowing it with varying degrees of transparency. Alone or in multiples, the egg moves through Carter’s landscapes and architectural settings like a sentient spirit on a restless quest.
Born and raised in southern Ohio along the banks of the mercurial Ohio River and its treacherous floods, Carter developed a love of drawing as a child, and was encouraged by both his parents. He was self-directed, found inspiration all around him, and was strongly encouraged by the fact that his teenage work consistently captured art prizes in county and state fairs. Carter studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1923-27, where he trained under painters Henry Keller, Frank Wilcox and Paul Travis.
Returning to Cleveland in 1929, Carter had his first solo show, and through Milliken taught studio classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1930-37. In 1938, he moved to Pittsburgh to teach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology until 1944. Carter’s American Scene paintings of the ’30s and ’40s, which launched his artistic star, are the works for which the artist remains best known.
During and immediately after World War II, Clarence Carter realized his attraction to bold pattern, dramatic perspective and eye-catching hard-edged design was a poor fit with the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism. Fortunately, these same hallmarks of his style were prized within the realm of commercial art.
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding body of imagery for the rest of his life. Among the most ambitious of all his later paintings were his Transections, a theological term meaning to cross, specifically between life and death.to
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Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter
Bauxite Factory, Suriname, Signed Lithograph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bauxite Factory, Suriname
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, AP 30
Image Size: 17.75 x 26 inches
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1980s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Pilgrimage #4, Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Pilgrimage #4
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 26 in. x 34 in. (6...
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1970s Surrealist Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Brown Mandala, Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Brown Mandala
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen on Scintilla paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
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1960s Op Art Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Eschatos #23, Surreal Landscape by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
The sublime, or the amalgamation of the terrifying and the awe-inspiring, is encapsulated by the crashing wave that dominates this surrealist landscape.
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Ca...
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Red Mandala, OP Art Silkscreen by Clarence Carter 1969
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Red Mandala
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen on Japon, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Paper Size: 30 in. x 22 ...
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1960s Op Art Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Balancing Act, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Balancing Act
Year: 1976
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, A...
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Highway, Pop Art Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Highway
Year: 1979
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 30 x 22 inches
Paper Si...
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1970s Op Art Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Burning Bush, Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Burning Bush
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP...
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1970s Surrealist Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Pilgrimage #6, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Pilgrimage #6
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 26 in. x 34 in. (6...
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Eschatos #18, Surreal Landscape by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Eschatos 18
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Image Size: 22 x 29.5 inch...
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Eschantos 31, Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Eschantos 31
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 26 in. x 33.5 in. (...
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Eschatos #21
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Eschatos 21
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 23 in. x 29 in. (58.42 cm x 73....
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Hospitalities Long Past, Signed Screenprint by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hospitalities Long Past
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1979
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, AP 30
Image Size: 27.75 x 20 inches
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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The Ninth Hour, Signed Screenprint by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Ninth Hour
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1978
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, AP 30
Size: 40 in. x 26 in. (101.6 cm x 66.04 cm)
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Down by the River, Signed Lithograph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Down by the River
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1981
Lithograph, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil
Edition of AP 30
Size: 25 x 32 in. (63.5 x 81.28 cm)
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1980s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Country Road, Signed Lithograph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Country Road
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: Circa 1979
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, AP
Image Size: 24 x 18 inches
Size: 30 x 22 in...
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Maidenhood, Signed Lithograph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Maidenhood
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1977
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, AP 30
Image Size: 27 x 19.5 inches
Size: 30 in. x 22 i...
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Concentric Space (White), Signed Screenprint by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Concentric Space (White)
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1969
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 50
Image Size: 23.5 x 19.5 inches
Size: 25 x...
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1960s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Sienna, Signed American Modern Screenprint by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sienna
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1979
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, AP 30
Image Size: 20 x 13 inches
Size: 25.5 in. x 20 in. ...
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Nude Torso, Signed Etching by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nude Torso
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: Circa 1980
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP 25
Image Size: 6 x 5 inches
Size: 10 in. x 9.5 in. (2...
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1980s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Green Mandala, Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Green Mandala
Year: 1969
Medium: Screenprint on Scintilla paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Paper Size:...
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1970s Abstract Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Eschatos #28, Surreal Landscape Serigraph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Eschatos 28
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 26 in. x 34 in. (66....
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Acrobats, Signed Modern Screenprint by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Acrobats
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1979
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 30
Size: 40 x 22 in. (101.6 x 55.88 cm)
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Early Spring Landscape, Signed Lithograph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Early Spring Landscape
Clarence Holbrook Carter
American (1904–2000)
Date: 1979
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP 30
Image Size: 18 x 25 inches
Size: 21 x 29 ...
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Carousel by the Sea, Signed Lithograph by Clarence Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Carousel
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 26 in. x 31.5 in. (66....
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1970s American Modern Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Blue and Red Space
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Blue and Red Space
Ilk Screen, 1971
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
editioned lower left (see photo)
Edition: 75 (75/75)
Sheet size: 22 1/8 x 29 7/8"
Image: 21-7/8 x 29-5/8"...
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1970s Op Art Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Tulip, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Tulip
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 35 x 25.75 inches
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OLIVE TREES, CAPRI
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Portland, ME
Carter, Clarence Holbrook (American, 1904-2000). OLIVE TREES, CAPRI. Aquatint in colors, 1932. Titled,signed and dated in pencil. 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches (plat...
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1930s Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Homestead, Lithograph by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Homestead
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Size: 23 in. x 29 in. (58....
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1970s American Realist Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Joseph and His Brothers, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Joseph and his Brothers
Year: 1971
Medium: Screenprint on Scintilla paper, sign...
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1970s Abstract Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Colorful Geometric Abstract, Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter 1971
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Untitled - Faces in a Grid (Red)
Year: 1971
Medium: Screenprint on Scintilla paper, Signed and numbered in pencil
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Mandalas, Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter 1973
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Untitled (Mandalas in a Grid)
Year: 1973
Medium: Silkscreen on Scintilla paper, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition:...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Transection I, Silkscreen by Clarence Carter 1971
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Transection I
Year: 1971
Medium: Screenprint on Scintilla paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75
Paper Size:...
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1970s Op Art Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Abstract Tulip, 1979 by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Abstract Tulip
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 35 x 26 inches (88...
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1970s Surrealist Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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"Concentric Space (White)", Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Concentric Space (White)
Year: 1969
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 29 x 22 inches
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1960s Op Art Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Clowns Making Up, Lithograph by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Clowns Making Up
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 19 x 23....
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1970s Contemporary Clarence Holbrook Carter Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Fiery Furnace, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Fiery Furnace
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Paper Size: 35 x 26 inc...
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The Watcher, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: The Watcher
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP...
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Villa by The Sea, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Arches
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 35 in. x 26 in. (88.9 cm ...
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"Concentric Space (Silver)", Silkscreen by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Concentric Space (Silver)
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen on foil paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
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