Study #4

Roy Carruthers

This lithograph uses a second stone to print a cream base that imitates the chine-collé and rough deckle edges that the artist was using at this time for many of his prints.

In the forward to a May, 1982 ACA Galleries exhibition of Carruthers' drawings, prints and sculpture, then Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts curator Robert Flynn Johnson wrote about Carruthers' lthographs:

"The still-lifes of Roy Carruthers overwhelm. The teapots, bottles and jars like ancient structures occupy tabletop mesas. The object crowd together in Morandi-like inter-relationships but these still-lifes are not like those of Morandi. Georgio Morandi created restrained, almost reticent expression in his quietly balanced still-lifes. Carruthers on the other hand, has constructed his with a barouque sense of scale, complexity and drama...."

Johnson contined: "Caruthers has recently turned to lithography with successful results. The ability to define shape and texture precisely but softly is inherent in the medium, and the artist has taken full advantage of these qualities. His diminutive lithographs printed on chine collé convey the strength of Carruthers' vision even in a small format."