By Knox Martin
Located in Union City, NJ
Alice In Wonderland:Hookah Smoking Caterpillar is an original hand made etching by the American abstract painter Knox Martin. Printed in black ink on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Erotic fantastical interpretation of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, where Alice first meets the Catepillar while he is sitting on a mushroom smoking a hookah. He helps her by advising her to eat from the mushroom if she wants to change her size. Print size- 18" x 15", Image size - 8.25" x 6.75" Edition size - 50
About the artist-
Knox Martin (1923-2022) was an esteemed New York School painter.
Knox Martin was born in 1923 in Barranquilla, Colombia. He was the son of the aviator, painter, and poet William Knox Martin, the first man to fly over the Andes mountains.
After serving in World War II, Knox Martin attended the Art Students League of New York on the G.I. Bill from 1946-1950, where he studied with Harry Sternberg, Vaclav Vytlacil, Will Barnet, and Morris Kantor.
In 1954, Knox Martin's friend Franz Kline placed a painting of his in the Stable Gallery Annual.
Charles Egan of the renowned Charles Egan Gallery saw Knox Martin's painting at the Stable Gallery and asked Martin to show his work in a one-man show for the tenth anniversary of the Egan Gallery.
Since then, Knox Martin was a celebrated painter, sculptor and muralist. Knox Martin had an extensive exhibition record and his work is in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide. His two best-known murals in NYC are Venus and Woman with Bicycle...
Category
1970s Contemporary Frédéric Jacque Art