Will Barnet

STAIRWAY TO THE SEA

1984

TENOR SERMON is a limited edition color lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden(September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988), printed on archival printmaking paper, ...

MORNING OF THE ROOSTER is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African...

HONKY TONK is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the African American artist James Denmark printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. HONKY TONK is a colorful collage portrait depicting a seated black musician - a male guitar player wearing blue jeans and a brown slouchy cap playing his blues guitar. HONKY TONK is a warm interior scene printed in vivid shades of red orange, red, dark blue, light yellows, cream, tan, browns, and black creating an inviting honky-tonk music setting. Print size - 38 x 23 inches, unframed, mint condition, hand signed and numbered by James Denmark, Certificate of Authenticity included Image size - 31 x 17 in. Edition size - 250, plus proofs Year published - 1996 Publisher - Mojo Portfolio...

RABBI TEACHING is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed in sepia brown ink on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free from a hand drawn lithography stone using traditional hand lithography techniques, not a photo reproduction or digital print. RABBI TEACHING is a realistic, detailed portrait depicting an elder Rabbi teaching a young boy. RABBI TEACHING is in good condition, superb craftsmanship, never been framed or mounted, pencil signed AP (Artists Proof) by Vladimir Dashevsky, printers chop mark embossed on lower corner, from the master printers private collection. Print size - 22" x 30", unframed, good condition, slight handling on print margins, pencil signed by Vladimir Dashevsky Year printed - 1975 Master Printer - Joseph Kleineman, J K Fine Art Editions.Co., NYC Judaic Art...

SABBATH ANGELS is an original hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross, presenting an impressive sculptural drawing of two majestic female angels welcoming the sabbath as two lit candlesticks glow beneath the wings of the yellow angel. SABBATH ANGELS was hand proofed and printed from lithographic plates on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. SABBATH ANGELS is a contemporary style angel portrait measuring 14 x 20.5 inches, image size is 9.25 x 15 inches, a very fine impression pulled from hand drawn lithography plates. Printed in transparent watercolor shades of light blue, light brown red, yellow and graphite black for the pencil drawing using the age-old hand printing methods first used in fine art lithography printmaking. Chaim Gross,(1904 - 1991) was a sculptor, artist, and teacher, known for his wood carvings, sculptures of moving human figures, religious imagery, acrobats, mothers and children. Chaim was born on March 17, 1904 to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1911, his family moved to Kolomyia. During World War I, Russian forces invaded Austria-Hungary; amidst the turmoil, the Grosses fled Kolomyia. They returned when Austria retook the town in 1915, refugees of the war. When World War I ended, Gross and brother Avrom-Leib went to Budapest, where Gross attended the city's art academy and studied with painter Béla Uitz, though within a year a new regime under Miklos Horthy took over and attempted to expel all Jews and foreigners from the country. After being deported from Hungary, Gross began art studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna shortly before emigrating to New York City in 1921. In the U.S., Gross's studies continued at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, where he studied sculpture with Elie Nadelman and others, and at the Art Students League, with sculptor Robert Laurent. He also attended the Educational Alliance Art School, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Gross exhibited at the Salons of America exhibitions at the Anderson Galleries and, beginning in 1928, at the Whitney Studio Club (the precursor to the Whitney Museum of American Art). In March 1932 Gross had his first solo exhibition at Gallery 144 in New York City. Also in 1932, Gross married Renee Nechin (1909-2005), and they had two children, Yehuda and Mimi (Mimi Gross is a New York-based artist, and was married to the artist Red Grooms from 1963-1976). In 1933, Gross joined the government's PWAP (Public Works of Art Project), which transitioned into the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures for schools and public colleges, and created works for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade Commission Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the 1937 Exposition universelle in Paris. Chaim Gross, Sculptor by Josef Vincent Lombardo, the first major book on Gross, came out in 1949 and included a catalogue raisonne of his sculpture. In the 1950s Gross began to make more bronze sculptures alongside his wood and stone pieces, and in 1957 and 1959 he traveled to Rome to work with famed bronze foundries including the Nicci foundry. In 1959, a survey of Gross's sculpture in wood, stone, and bronze was featured in the exhibit Four American Expressionists curated by Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with work by Abraham Rattner, Doris Caesar, and Karl Knaths. In 1963, Gross and his family moved from their longtime residence at 30 W. 105th Street to Greenwich Village, following the purchase of a four-story historic townhouse at 526 LaGuardia Place, which is now the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation. In 1974, the Smithsonian American Art Museum held the exhibition, Chaim Gross: Sculpture and Drawings, and in 1976, a selection from Gross's important collection of historic African...

REINHOUD D'HAESE - WOMAN READING Original lithograph, c.1974 Hand signed in pencil by Reinhoud D'Haese Printers proof printed in Paris, France on Arches paper using traditional hand lithography WOMAN READING is a very loosely drawn, black line figurative portrait of a woman dressed in a pink robe seated in a dark brown armchair, totally engrossed in reading from a light gray green book. Her black tousled hair and visibly intense focus towards her book suggests she's settled in for the long-haul. WOMAN READING is an expressive and slightly humorous portrait...

BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES is a hand drawn, pencil signed limited edition lithograph by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook(1926-2008). Printed in 1986 using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES presents a humorous piano bar scene depicting a lively group of night club patrons enjoying their cocktails as they enthusiastically sing along with the debonair piano player giving the viewer a true feeling of merriment in this quintessential Beryl Cook image. BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES is a warm, colorful interior scene printed in shades of golden brown, black, red, blue, lavender, purple, green, orange, pink, peach, gray, and beige. BIG OLIVES, LITTLE OLIVES is one of Beryl Cook's most loved images - the edition is SOLD OUT, this is a rare unsigned printers proof aside from the numbered edition from the master printers private collection, stamped legend on verso with provenance information. Print size - 27 x 27 inches, UNSIGNED Printers Proof, unframed, excellent condition Edition size - 300 plus proofs Year published - 1990, printed at JK Fine Art Editions Co. NYC Beryl Cook's unique artistic humor documented familiar social situations...

RABBI TEACHING is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed by hand in black ink on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free from a hand drawn lithography st...

THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...

THE LAMP is a hand drawn limited edition color lithograph by the renowned American master artist Romare Bearden, proofed and printed using hand lithography in 19 colors plus silver f...