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(ART.) BENTON,THOMAS HART.
“Instruction.”
Lithograph, 10-1/8 x 12-
1/8 inches (image size),matted and framed. Signed and numbered “3” in the lower left corner.
Np, circa 1940
[2,000/3,000]
NUMBER
3
OF AN EDITION OF
250.
A fine, clear impression.A painting was made of this
prior to the lithograph, which is in the collection of Arthur Loew of Great Neck, NewYork.
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(ART.) BLACKBURN, ROBERT.
Still Life with White Pitcher.
(supplied
title.) Color lithograph, 13-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches (image size) 16 x 22-3/4 inches (paper
size). Unsigned.
NewYork, circa 1960’s
[1,500/2,500]
Robert Blackburn (1920-2003), New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, is
best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography.
In 1948 he established a cooperative press, the PrintmakingWorkshop in NewYork.There he
worked with other artists such as CharlesWhite, experimenting with the medium.
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