Robert Andrew Parker (American, 1927-2023), County Clare, Eire VI, 1967 Color Lithograph
Robert Andrew Parker (American, 1927–2023) was a painter, printmaker, and illustrator recognized for his fluid draftsmanship and watercolor-like handling of line and color. Educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Parker worked extensively in fine-art printmaking, editorial illustration, and book illustration. His work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and Norton Simon Museum.
County Clare, Eire VI, 1967, is a lithograph from aluminum and stone printed in four grays on Copperplate Deluxe paper and published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. The sixth image in Parker’s twelve-print County Clare, Eire portfolio, it is built from broad horizontal masses of blue-gray and deep violet-gray. A pale opening near the upper center reads like a break in the clouds, while the darker forms gather along the edges and lower foreground, giving the landscape the weight of a rocky shoreline under low weather. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Imp.” lower left and signed “Robert Andrew Parker” lower right, with the Tamarind bell and Bruce Lowney printer’s blindstamps near the lower center. The “Tamarind Imp.” inscription identifies this as a workshop-retained Tamarind impression rather than a numbered impression from the regular edition. Verso inscribed “2138 / Copperplate Deluxe.” Sheet measures approximately 17 x 11.5 inches. Overall very good appearance, with a faint rectangular mat line in the margins and light handling. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Robert Andrew Parker (American, 1927–2023) was a painter, printmaker, and illustrator recognized for his fluid draftsmanship and watercolor-like handling of line and color. Educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Parker worked extensively in fine-art printmaking, editorial illustration, and book illustration. His work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and Norton Simon Museum.
County Clare, Eire VI, 1967, is a lithograph from aluminum and stone printed in four grays on Copperplate Deluxe paper and published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. The sixth image in Parker’s twelve-print County Clare, Eire portfolio, it is built from broad horizontal masses of blue-gray and deep violet-gray. A pale opening near the upper center reads like a break in the clouds, while the darker forms gather along the edges and lower foreground, giving the landscape the weight of a rocky shoreline under low weather. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Imp.” lower left and signed “Robert Andrew Parker” lower right, with the Tamarind bell and Bruce Lowney printer’s blindstamps near the lower center. The “Tamarind Imp.” inscription identifies this as a workshop-retained Tamarind impression rather than a numbered impression from the regular edition. Verso inscribed “2138 / Copperplate Deluxe.” Sheet measures approximately 17 x 11.5 inches. Overall very good appearance, with a faint rectangular mat line in the margins and light handling. Image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Dimensions
17 x 11.5 in
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