Vintage offset lithograph after Will Barnet from the book "27 Master Prints" published in 1979.
Comes hinge mounted on archival matboard.
The artwork measures 10.5" x 11". Measures 17.5" x 23" overall with the mat.
Excellent condition!
About Will Barnet:
As a boy growing up in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet spent hours sketching and poring over art books at the local library. The cellar in his family home became his first studio. Later in life after studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Barnet moved to the Art Students League in New York to concentrate on lithography. He taught and produced art in New York for more than sixty years.
Barnet's work focuses primarily on the human figure. Family, especially his own, has been an enduring subject for him. His images are not descriptions of individuals, but careful arrangements of forms that express moods and feelings. Barnet balances shapes to create strong, interlocking compositions, as is evident in his many prints.
Barnet is best known for his enigmatic portraits of family, notably the Silent Seasons series, which contrasts his earlier works' edginess and brooding contemplation. Within his oeuvre, one can chart the evolution of American painting trends and follow the joys and vicissitudes of his personal life; his first marriage ending in divorce and his second marriage providing a more stable family life. Barnet's well-known harmonious compositions of domestic tranquility in his later work directly reflects his experience within his second marriage.
