Bruce Conner (American, 1933-2008), Sunset Strip, 1965 Color Lithograph
Bruce Conner (American, 1933–2008) was a Kansas-born artist associated with the San Francisco Beat scene and later recognized as a major figure in postwar American assemblage, film, drawing, printmaking, and conceptual art. Known for dark, densely layered imagery and for challenging conventional ideas of authorship, signature, and reproduction, Conner worked across media in ways that blurred the boundaries between image, object, and mark-making. His work is held in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Sunset Strip, 1965, color lithograph printed from stone and aluminum in red-orange and black on white Arches paper, printed by Kenneth Tyler and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. A continuous orange field carries a sprawling black drawing that depicts a sprawling landscape. The mass breaks into ridges, distorted faces, fragments of lettering, and small symbols. The lower verso is inscribed “Tam Imp” in graphite and bears Conner’s inked thumbprint above his written name, together with the Tamarind bell blindstamp, Kenneth Tyler’s printer’s chop, and the workshop number “1293.” “Tam Imp” identifies this as one of nine Tamarind proofs outside the edition of 20. Sheet measures approximately 14.5 × 19.75 inches. The sheet shows light toning with two small tape remnants at the upper verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Bruce Conner (American, 1933–2008) was a Kansas-born artist associated with the San Francisco Beat scene and later recognized as a major figure in postwar American assemblage, film, drawing, printmaking, and conceptual art. Known for dark, densely layered imagery and for challenging conventional ideas of authorship, signature, and reproduction, Conner worked across media in ways that blurred the boundaries between image, object, and mark-making. His work is held in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Sunset Strip, 1965, color lithograph printed from stone and aluminum in red-orange and black on white Arches paper, printed by Kenneth Tyler and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. A continuous orange field carries a sprawling black drawing that depicts a sprawling landscape. The mass breaks into ridges, distorted faces, fragments of lettering, and small symbols. The lower verso is inscribed “Tam Imp” in graphite and bears Conner’s inked thumbprint above his written name, together with the Tamarind bell blindstamp, Kenneth Tyler’s printer’s chop, and the workshop number “1293.” “Tam Imp” identifies this as one of nine Tamarind proofs outside the edition of 20. Sheet measures approximately 14.5 × 19.75 inches. The sheet shows light toning with two small tape remnants at the upper verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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19.75 x 14.5 in
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