Richard Hunt (American, 1935-2023), Untitled, 1965 Tamarind 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 is a 1965 lithograph printed in black ink on Arches wove paper by master printer Kenneth Tyler and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Made during Hunt’s 1965 Tamarind residency as an independent print outside the Details suite, the composition is built from broad, hooked contours and overlapping black-and-white forms that recall joined sections of welded sculpture. Hunt later described the residency as an opportunity to explore three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, with the images developing through gesture and experimentation on the stone or plate. Inscribed “Tamarind Imp.” in pencil lower left and signed “Richard Hunt” lower right, with Tamarind workshop and Kenneth Tyler printer blindstamps. Verso numbered “1275,” corresponding to the work’s Tamarind catalogue raisonné reference. Sheet measures approximately 15.125 x 15 inches. Condition shows overall age toning, light handling wear, faint scattered marks, and old tape remnants along the upper verso edge, with deckled/irregular edges; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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15.125 x 15 in
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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 is a 1965 lithograph printed in black ink on Arches wove paper by master printer Kenneth Tyler and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Made during Hunt’s 1965 Tamarind residency as an independent print outside the Details suite, the composition is built from broad, hooked contours and overlapping black-and-white forms that recall joined sections of welded sculpture. Hunt later described the residency as an opportunity to explore three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, with the images developing through gesture and experimentation on the stone or plate. Inscribed “Tamarind Imp.” in pencil lower left and signed “Richard Hunt” lower right, with Tamarind workshop and Kenneth Tyler printer blindstamps. Verso numbered “1275,” corresponding to the work’s Tamarind catalogue raisonné reference. Sheet measures approximately 15.125 x 15 inches. Condition shows overall age toning, light handling wear, faint scattered marks, and old tape remnants along the upper verso edge, with deckled/irregular edges; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
Condition
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Dimensions
15.125 x 15 in
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