Dallas - Interior Prints

Victor Vasarely (Hungarian 1908 - 1997) Editions du Griffon, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 15 ⅝" x 15 ⅝ sight size "Koska-Rev", 1974. Heliogravure, no sig...

This work is from the unnumbered edition of 500 printed and published by Quarry, Local One/Amalgamated Lithographers of America, and Color Lithographers Service, Inc, New York.

In 1974, a Natkin exhibit at the Holburne of Menstrie Museum in Bath, England was to be accompanied by a catalogue consisting entirely of black and white plates. The decision to reproduce only in black and white, although initially the result of financial constraints, had an enormous effect on Natkin’s aesthetic growth. The artist, determined not to compromise on the quality of his catalogue reproductions, resolved to paint black and white canvases for his show. The rich but hushed palette of the Bath paintings was not simply a result of the artist’s attempt to financial compromise. The muted, grainy surfaces of theses canvases evoke visions of the worn stone walls, archways, and facades of the buildings of Bath, whose beauty had struck the painter during several trips to the city prior to that of the museum exhibition. Natkin, despite a lifelong love affair with color, has always been a strong proponent of the notion “black and white as color” even referring reverentially to the painter Franz Kline, known for his bold monochromatic canvases, as a “colorist.” As Natkin points out, Kline’s black and white works, despite their lack of obviously defined chroma, resonate with a full spectrum of tones and sensuous undertones of color. The seemingly limited palette of Natkin’s Bath paintings liberated the artist, allowing him to concentrate more than ever on the skin of the canvas. His Bath paintings, like Natkin’s earlier Intimate Lighting...

Published in 1981 by London Arts Group, Detroit, Michigan. Printed by master printers, Joseph Kleineman and Maureen Turci of JK Fine Art Editions Co., New York, New York. It is based...

This was included in Gail Norfleet's exhibition "Looking at Art" and depicts a gallery visitor at the Alex Rubio exhibition at The MAC in Dallas. About the exhibition "Looking at ...