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1982 Will Barnet (1911-2012) Etching & Aquatint, "Woman & Cat Play," 46/62 Excellent color & condition. Plate: 17.75"H x 15.25"W Paper: 25.75"H x 19.75"W Free shipping. Ships rolled. Will Barnet (1911-2012) After training at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School & the Art Students League New York, Will Barnet had established himself as a professional printer and, by 1936, the youngest instructor of graphic arts ever to hold a faculty position at the Arts Students League. He later taught at Yale University & Cornell University. By the 1940s, Barnet was well known as a painter & printmaker. A prolific graphic artist, Barnet changed his style significantly at different points in his career. His earliest works were influenced by expressionism; they were followed by abstract works in the 1950s & 1960s, & finally evolved into more figurative works of silhouetted forms set against geometrically designed backgrounds. His work has been exhibited in prominent museums & galleries in the United States & Canada & is included in many prestigious collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art & the Guggenheim Museum in New York the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, & the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His obituary from the November 13, 2012 New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/arts/design/will-barnet-painter-dies-at-101.html 1982 Will Barnet | 1911-2012 Etching & Aquatint, "Woman & Cat Play, " 46/62
