Clinton Adams (American, 1918-2002), Window Series IX, 1960 Color Lithograph
Clinton Adams (American, 1918–2002) was an influential American painter, printmaker, educator, and arts administrator known for his major contributions to modernist lithography and Southwestern abstraction. Closely associated with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and later the Tamarind Institute, Adams played an important role in the revival of fine art lithography in the United States during the mid-20th century. He served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico and authored several important publications on lithography and printmaking. His works are held in prominent institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Norton Simon Museum.
Window Series IX, 1960, is a four-color lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper, printed by Garo Antreasian and published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. It is the ninth image in Adams’s ten-print Window Series. The composition builds a weathered architectural form from nested rectangles in gray, black, pale blue, and muted tan, with a small light-filled opening above stacked horizontal compartments and a lower oval passage containing dark block-like shapes. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Impression” lower left, titled “Window Series IX” lower center, and signed and dated “Clinton Adams ’60” lower right, with the Tamarind bell and Garo Antreasian printer’s blindstamps along the lower margin. The “Tamarind Impression” inscription identifies this as one of nine workshop-retained impressions, outside the numbered edition of 12. Sheet measures approximately 15 x 18 inches. Overall very good appearance. Light toning with minor scattered specks and handling to the margins. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Clinton Adams (American, 1918–2002) was an influential American painter, printmaker, educator, and arts administrator known for his major contributions to modernist lithography and Southwestern abstraction. Closely associated with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and later the Tamarind Institute, Adams played an important role in the revival of fine art lithography in the United States during the mid-20th century. He served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico and authored several important publications on lithography and printmaking. His works are held in prominent institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Norton Simon Museum.
Window Series IX, 1960, is a four-color lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper, printed by Garo Antreasian and published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. It is the ninth image in Adams’s ten-print Window Series. The composition builds a weathered architectural form from nested rectangles in gray, black, pale blue, and muted tan, with a small light-filled opening above stacked horizontal compartments and a lower oval passage containing dark block-like shapes. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Impression” lower left, titled “Window Series IX” lower center, and signed and dated “Clinton Adams ’60” lower right, with the Tamarind bell and Garo Antreasian printer’s blindstamps along the lower margin. The “Tamarind Impression” inscription identifies this as one of nine workshop-retained impressions, outside the numbered edition of 12. Sheet measures approximately 15 x 18 inches. Overall very good appearance. Light toning with minor scattered specks and handling to the margins. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Dimensions
15 x 18 in
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