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America the Beautiful - Possibility Out of Control by Robert Fried

America the Beautiful - Possibility Out of Control by Robert Fried

America the Beautiful - Possibility Out of Control

Robert Fried

Title

America the Beautiful - Possibility Out of Control

 
Artist

Robert Fried

  1937 - 1975 (biography)
Year
c. 1972  
Technique
screenprinted banner book, accordian folded 
Image Size
10 7/8 x 6" '-1" image and paper size 
Signature
ink signed "Bob" after dedication, on verso 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
ink dedication on verso, bottom left: "To Arthur, May you forever be opening* - Bob / *a Hallmark card" 
Reference
 
Paper
slick white wove 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
22014 
Price
SOLD
Description
A banner-length serigraph with elements of the political turmoil of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Among the phrases in the screen are "Judge Hoffman and Huey Newton", "Portrait of Nixon Agnew", "Public CONSCIOUSNESS", "Possibility out of control", and "American the Beautful". The artist was based in the Bay Area, but remains unidentified for now.