Henry Pearson (American, 1914-2006), Untitled, 1964 Color Lithograph
Henry Pearson (American, 1914–2006) was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor associated with the development of Op Art during the 1960s. Trained in theatrical design at Yale University, Pearson later worked as a cartographer in the Army Air Corps, and the contour lines of topographic maps became an important source for his art. His paintings and prints use closely spaced, undulating lines that gather into circles, waves, and shifting landlike forms, creating optical movement while retaining the irregularity of hand drawing. Pearson was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s influential 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye, and his work is represented in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Untitled, 1964, color lithograph from zinc in red and blue on Rives BFK paper. Closely spaced, gently undulating blue bands traverse a saturated red field, gradually compressing and changing direction toward the lower right to form a narrow, radiating passage that interrupts the otherwise continuous linear pattern. Printed by Robert Gardner and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite along the lower margin “Tam Imp Henry Pearson ’64,” with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and Robert Gardner printer blindstamps at lower right. The verso bears the graphite workshop number “1099,” identifying the work as Tamarind catalogue no. 1099. “Tam Imp” identifies this impression as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the regular numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 29.875 x 22 inches. The sheet shows light handling and minor edge wear, with small surface abrasions within the printed field and two remnants of old mounting tape along the upper verso. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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29.875 x 22 in
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Henry Pearson (American, 1914–2006) was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor associated with the development of Op Art during the 1960s. Trained in theatrical design at Yale University, Pearson later worked as a cartographer in the Army Air Corps, and the contour lines of topographic maps became an important source for his art. His paintings and prints use closely spaced, undulating lines that gather into circles, waves, and shifting landlike forms, creating optical movement while retaining the irregularity of hand drawing. Pearson was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s influential 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye, and his work is represented in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Untitled, 1964, color lithograph from zinc in red and blue on Rives BFK paper. Closely spaced, gently undulating blue bands traverse a saturated red field, gradually compressing and changing direction toward the lower right to form a narrow, radiating passage that interrupts the otherwise continuous linear pattern. Printed by Robert Gardner and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite along the lower margin “Tam Imp Henry Pearson ’64,” with the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and Robert Gardner printer blindstamps at lower right. The verso bears the graphite workshop number “1099,” identifying the work as Tamarind catalogue no. 1099. “Tam Imp” identifies this impression as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the regular numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 29.875 x 22 inches. The sheet shows light handling and minor edge wear, with small surface abrasions within the printed field and two remnants of old mounting tape along the upper verso. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Dimensions
29.875 x 22 in
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