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Will Barnet Figurative Prints

American, 1911-2012
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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Artist: Will Barnet
Meditation and Minou
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Meditation and Minou Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph and Serigraph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 40/150
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1970s American Realist Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Archival Paper

ARIADNE 1980 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Will Barnet
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Will Barnet Ariadne - 1980 Print - Silkscreen on Heavy Paper 31 ¼'' x 23 ½' inches Edition: Signed, Titled, and Marked  in Roman numeral XXX ( from the edition to 50 - L) unframed ex...
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1980s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

Will Barnet: A Timeless World (hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed)
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
Will Barnet: A Timeless World (hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed), 2000 Softback monograph with stiff wraps (hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed) Hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed to Margo by Will Barnet on the half title page 12 × 9 × 1/2 inches We believe the colleague Margo refers to renowned African American artist Margo Humphrey, who also worked at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking with Will Barnet. The full inscription reads: Sep 21 2000 To my colleague -Margo- with appreciation and affection Will Barnet Book information: Published by the Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey and Distributed by Rutgers University Press English; Paperback; 124 pages containing 43 color and 20 black-and-white illustrations Publisher's blurb: Painter and printmaker Will Barnet has actively participated in the New York art world for nearly 70 years. A leading figure in the Indian Space painting movement of the late 1940s, Barnet stressed the spatial structures of Northwest Coast Indian art. Throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, he made a series of hardedged, totemic abstractions marked by their "all-positive" space, which he described as austere, classical expressions of Indian culture. He then moved on to new art forms in the 1960s and 1970s, creating a series of family and art world portraits that achieved a remarkable balance between the formal demands of abstraction and the humanist aspects of representation. Will Barnet: A Timeless World is the first substantial publications to unify Barnet's prodigious output. Art historian Gail Stavitsky provides an overview of this artist's entire career. Twig Johnson, the museum's curator of Native American Art, discusses the relationship of Barnet's work to this important indigenous artistic tradition. Jessica Nicoll, chief curator at the Portland Museum of Art, explores the profound impact of New England upon Barnet and his work. Many of Barnet's works are beautifully reproduced in this catalog, containing 43 color and 20 black-and-white illustrations. More about Will Barnet: Will Barnet was born in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1911. He has taught and exhibited widely over his more than seventy-five year career. His works are in the collection of virtually every American museum, including locally The Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Whitney Museum of American. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In fall 2011 the National Academy Museum will present a retrospective exhibition being organized by Bruce Weber. Barnet is represented exclusively by Alexandre Gallery...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Ink, Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media, Paper

Meditation and Minou
By Will Barnet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Meditation and Minou Color lithograph and serigraph, 1980 Signed and numbered in pencil (see photo) Printer Styria Studio, Inc. New York Publisher: Harry Abrams...
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1980s American Realist Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

Peter Grimes, signed lithograph by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet (American, 1911-2012) Title: Peter Grimes Year: 1983 Medium: Color Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: of 250 Image Size: 21 x 21 inches Size: 30 ...
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1980s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Women The Sea and Solitude - offset lithograph poster
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
Rare vintage poster from Will Barnet exhibition entitled "Women, the Sea and Solitude", Benjamin's Gallerie, Buffalo, NY
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1980s Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

The Young Couple (Cole 141) Romantic print by famed figurative artist
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
The Young Couple (Cole 141), 1971 Color etching and aquatint. Signed. Titled. Numbered Pencil signed, titled and numbered from the limited edition of 225 on the front Unframed Will B...
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1970s Pop Art Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Waiting, Framed Print by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Waiting from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio Will Barnet, American (1911–2012) Date: 1975 Offset Lithograph (unsigned) Image Size: 11.25 x 11 inches Size: 17 x 14 in. (43.18 x 35.56 ...
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1970s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

The Skaters, By Will Barnet (screenprint of woman and child ice skating)
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
b. 1911, Beverly, MA Will Barnet is an American artist, known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints, depicting human figures and animals, both in casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent, dreamlike worlds. He was a key figure in New York’s Indian Space...
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1990s Contemporary Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

Interlude
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Interlude Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 20 x 38 inches Size: 25.5 x 42.5 in. (64.77 x 107.95 cm) Fig 179, pg 70 from Will Barnet: Prints 1931-2005, published by John Szoke...
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1980s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

Circe 2
By Will Barnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Circe" 1979 is an original colors serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Will Barnet, 1911-2012. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 43/100 in pencil by the artist. The image size (circle) is 18 x 18 inches, sheet size is 23.25 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: 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...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

UNDER THE TABLE
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. UNDER THE TABLE. Cole 70, Szoke 71. Woodcut, 1939. Edition of 20. Titled "Under the Table" and signed in pencil. Printed by Barnet on Japanes paper. 12 5/8 x 12 inches ...
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1930s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Cat, Signed Print by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: The Cat Year: 1997 Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 16 x 7 inches Siz...
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1990s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

'Child Reaching' — 1940s American Modernism
By Will Barnet
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Will barnet, 'Child Reaching', woodcut, 1940, edition 25, Cole 82. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, black impression, on fibrous Japan paper, with full margins (5/8 to 1 3/4 inch...
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1940s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Cat and Canary by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Paonia, CO
Cat and Canary by Will Barnet shows a black cat with yellow eyes lounging next to a canary drinking out of a water bowl on a brown, orange and grey geometrical background done in ...
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1980s Other Art Style Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Screen

Dawn, Lithograph by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Dawn Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in pencil Edition: 59/175 Image Size: 24 x 11 in. Frame Size: 36 x 25 inches ...
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1970s American Realist Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Walk" is an original lithograph on sommerset paper signed in pencil and inscribed to David Barnett. It is edition 68/75 and depicts a young boy in a striped shirt holding onto a...
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Early 2000s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Doorway
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: The Doorway Year: 1998 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 33 x 18 inches Size: 39 x 23 inches Printer: TK Fine Art Editions, NY Publisher: Smithsonian, Wash DC Fig 198, pg 78 from Will Barnet: Prints 1931-2005, published by John Szoke...
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1990s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

CENTRAL PARK SIESTA
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will (American 1911-2012). CENTRAL PARK SIESTA. Johnson 1, Cole 1, Szoke 2. Lithograph, 1932. Edition of 10. Titled "Park Scene," numbered 6/10, and Signed and dated "Will G...
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1930s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Will Barnet Early Important Figural B&W Etching American 1940 Framed Rare
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
A nice rare early etching by the noted American Artist Will Barnet titled "Mary", created in 1936.
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1930s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Etching, Paper

THE BASSINETTE
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. THE BASSINETTE. Cole 61, Szoke 62. Etching, 1939. Edition of 30, printed by the artist on Rives paper. Titled "The Bassinet" (sic), and signed in pencil. Margins of 1 1...
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1930s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Etching

AT THE SEASHORE
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. AT THE SEASHORE. Szoke 69, Cole 68, Johnson 54. Woodcut printed in black, brown and white, 1939. There was no edition, only a few proofs printed by the artist on Japane...
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1930s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

YOUNG COUPLE
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. YOUNG COUPLE. Szoke 146, Cole 141. Etching in colors, 1971. Edition of 225. Titled, Numbered 122/225 and signed in pencil. 17 1/4 x 15 1/2 i...
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1970s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Etching

Reflections
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
“Reflection, 1971” Medium: Color serigraph Signed and titled Ed: 121/225 Sheet: 30 x 23 in. Image: 22 x 14.5 in. Condition: Excellent
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1970s American Realist Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

THE TAILOR
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. THE TAILOR. Szoke 39, Cole 38, Johnson 30. Aquatint and etching, 1938. Edition of 25, titled, inscribed "25 Prints, and signed in pencil. Printed by the artist on Rives...
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1930s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

The Skaters, Aquatint Etching by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: The Skaters Year: 1988 Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed and dedicated in pencil Edition: Trial Proof...
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1980s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Circe II
By Will Barnet
Located in Boston, MA
Barnet 173. Number 83 in an edition of 150. Titled in pencil lower left margin: "Circe II"; numbered in pencil lower center margin: "83/150"; signed and dated in pencil lower right m...
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Late 20th Century Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Dickie (Child in High Chair)
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original woodcut on japan paper created by master American artist Will Barnet in 1942.
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1940s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Woodcut, Paper

MORNING
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. MORNING. Szoke 102, Cole 100, Johnson 88. Color Lithograph, 1951. Edition of 12, titled and signed in pencil. Pritned on Rives paper by Barnet and Robert Blackburn...
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1950s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Color

THE FINE FRIENDS
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. THE FINE FRIENDS. Szoke 116, Cole 113, Johnson 96. Lithograph in colors, 1952. Edition of 25. Titled and signed in pencil. Printed on Arches paper by Will Barnet and Robert Blackburn...
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1950s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

SWING SHIFT
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. SWING SHIFT. Szoke 41, Cole 40, Johnson 44. Etching and aquatint, 1937. Edition of 30. Printed by the artist on Rives paper, and with his fingerprints in the margins. 9...
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1930s Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

SLEEPING MAN (REST)
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. SLEEPING MAN (REST). Szoke 42, Cole 41, Johnson 40. Woodcut, 1937. Edition of 10. Titled "Sleeping Man" at left, and signed at right, both in pencil. This print is usua...
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1930s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Early Morning
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
A nice rare woodcut by the noted American Artist Will Barnet. This woodcut is from 1939 and is titled and pencil signed on the base "Early Morning", Will...
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1930s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

CHILD REACHING
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. CHILD REACHING. Szoke 83, Cole 82, Johnson 65. Woodcut, 1940. Edition of 25. Titled and signed in pencil. 7 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (image), 8 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches (sheet). ...
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1940s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Blue Bicycle
By Will Barnet
Located in Missouri, MO
The Blue Bicycle, 1979 Will Barnet (American, 1911-2012) 26 x 25.5 inches 41 x 40 inches with frame Titled Lower Center Signed and Dated Lower Right Edition 41/300 Lower Left From B...
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1970s American Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Dream
By Will Barnet
Located in Missouri, MO
Will Barnet "The Dream" 2002 Color Lithograph on Somerset Velvet White Paper Signed and Titled Ed. 250 Will Barnet, Visionary Artist, Dies at 101 By KEN JOH...
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Early 2000s Modern Will Barnet Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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