Artist: (after) Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984)
Title: "City Art Gallery (Bird Talk)"
*Signed and dated by Krasner in the plate (printed signature) lower left
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Shenval Press, London, UK
Publisher: City Art Gallery, York, UK
Sheet size: 30" x 19.94"
Image size: 20.25" x 19.32"
Condition: One tiny tear at center left edge. Some minor wear and toning to edges. In otherwise excellent condition with strong colors
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Salisbury, UK. Printed in two colors: black and red. Poster produced for a special traveling exhibition of Krasner's work "Lee Krasner, Paintings, Drawings, and Collages" at City Art Gallery, York, UK from April 30 - May 21, 1966. The image featured on this poster is a (colorless) version of Krasner's 1955, 58" x 56", oil, paper, and canvas collage on cotton duck canvas "Bird Talk", ("Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné" - Landau No. 288, page 145). "Bird Talk" would later sell at Christie's, New York, NY on November 11, 2015 for $1,205,000, Lot No. 145. Printer's imprint lower center.
"...Krasner had a major triumph in 1965 when British critic and curator Bryan Robertson mounted a retrospective of her work at the Whitechapel Gallery, in London. "Lee Krasner, Paintings, Drawings, and Collages", a show which took two years to organize, was circulated to five additional venues by the Arts Council of Great Britain." - Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné" - Landau, page 316.
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Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters.
