James Strombotne (American, b. 1934), Big Henry, Recognitions IX, 1968 Color Lithograph
James Strombotne is a Southern California figurative painter and printmaker associated with the postwar Claremont art community. After earning his MFA from Claremont Graduate School in 1959, he taught at the University of California, Riverside for more than four decades. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Norton Simon Museum.
Big Henry (Recognitions IX), 1968, color lithograph from aluminum and stone in orange, pink, and gray-green inks on Copperplate Deluxe paper. A large pink-faced man in a striped shirt and black tie fills the center against an orange field, flanked by an oversized bearded profile at left and a disembodied foot at right, with two much smaller figures and a floating female figure arranged around him. Printed by Anthony Stoeveken and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite along the lower margin “Big Henry,” “Tam. Imp.,” and signed and dated “Strombotne ’68,” with Tamarind and Stoeveken blindstamps. “Tam. Imp.” identifies this impression as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the numbered edition. Verso inscribed “2228” and “COPPERPLATE DELUXE,” corresponding to Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 2228. Sheet measures approximately 26 x 20 inches; image measures approximately 23 x 16.5 inches. The sheet shows light toning with minor handling. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
Condition
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26 x 20 in
James Strombotne is a Southern California figurative painter and printmaker associated with the postwar Claremont art community. After earning his MFA from Claremont Graduate School in 1959, he taught at the University of California, Riverside for more than four decades. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Norton Simon Museum.
Big Henry (Recognitions IX), 1968, color lithograph from aluminum and stone in orange, pink, and gray-green inks on Copperplate Deluxe paper. A large pink-faced man in a striped shirt and black tie fills the center against an orange field, flanked by an oversized bearded profile at left and a disembodied foot at right, with two much smaller figures and a floating female figure arranged around him. Printed by Anthony Stoeveken and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in an edition of 20, with nine additional Tamarind impressions. Inscribed in graphite along the lower margin “Big Henry,” “Tam. Imp.,” and signed and dated “Strombotne ’68,” with Tamarind and Stoeveken blindstamps. “Tam. Imp.” identifies this impression as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the numbered edition. Verso inscribed “2228” and “COPPERPLATE DELUXE,” corresponding to Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 2228. Sheet measures approximately 26 x 20 inches; image measures approximately 23 x 16.5 inches. The sheet shows light toning with minor handling. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
Condition
Please review the photos for a complete understanding of condition.
Dimensions
26 x 20 in
