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Composition #4 by Thomas Arthur Robertson

Composition #4 by Thomas Arthur Robertson

Composition #4

Thomas Arthur Robertson

Title

Composition #4

 
Artist

Thomas Arthur Robertson

  1911 - 1976 (biography)
Year
c. 1940  
Technique
serigraph 
Image Size
10 5/8 x 8 1/2" image size 
Signature
pencil signed, lower right 
Edition Size
Ed./47 
Annotations
pencil titled in lower left, editioned after title 
Reference
 
Paper
laid buff albion 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
21849 
Price
SOLD
Description

Robertson's printmaking discussed on pages 148 - 149 in A Spectrum of Innovation - Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960.' by David Acton, 1990, Worcester Art Museum.

Acton writes: "Robertson looked to Native American art for decorative motifs that bore no recognizable meaning. He derived the arcs, floating circles, serpentine slashes and meandering lines of his designs of the 1940's from the decoration of pottery made by the ancient Caddoan Indians of southwestern Arkansas."