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
color serigraph (sreenprint)
Image Size
10 1/2 x 7" image
Signature
pencil. lower right
Edition Size
47
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned "ed/47"in lower margin
Reference
Paper
buff wove Albion
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
12149
Price
$900.00
Description
A fine example of Robertson's abstract work he was doing in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1940 after returning from New Orleans in 1937. At the time he was one of only a few abstract artists working in Arkansas.
Thomas Robertson's printmaking techniques are 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."