Richard Hunt (American, 1935-2023), Untitled, 1965 Color Lithograph

Richard Hunt (American, 1935–2023) was a Chicago-born sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, and a major figure in postwar American abstraction. Best known for welded and cast metal sculpture, Hunt developed a style that fused organic, skeletal, and industrial ideas, a sensibility that also carries into his works on paper. In 1971, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His work is held in major collections including the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Untitled, 1965, color lithograph on Arches wove paper, printed by Kenneth Tyler and published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop. An irregular cluster of bone-like and mechanical forms spreads across a charcoal-black field. A long pale rose-beige limb cuts toward the right, passing over rounded white and warm-gray shapes gathered around a small ochre-yellow disk. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Imp.” at lower center and signed “Richard Hunt” at lower right. Bearing the Tamarind bell and Kenneth Tyler printer’s blindstamps. “Tamarind Imp.” identifies one of nine workshop impressions made apart from the artist’s edition of twenty. Sheet measures approximately 18 × 18 inches. The sheet shows minor edge wear and two small mounting-tape remnants on the verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.

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Dimensions
18 x 18 in