(Still life in yellow and black) from Block Prints 1957 by John Murray Barton
(Still life in yellow and black) from Block Prints 1957
John Murray Barton
Title
(Still life in yellow and black) from Block Prints 1957
Artist
John Murray Barton
1921 - 2000 (biography)Year
1957
Technique
color block print
Image Size
12 x 3 7/8" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
40 of 250
Annotations
pencil dated after the signature and editioned
Reference
Paper
Imperial Japon
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
24992
Price
$250.00
Description
Block Prints 1957 is a loose-leaf portfolio of eight color block prints created in 1957 by John Murray Barton. The individual color prints are each pencil signed, dated, and editioned 40/250 and the portfolio title page is annotated “Portfolio # 40.“ Despite having a high edition number, it is very unlikely that 250 portfolios were published. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was gifted Portfolio # 49 but from what can be gleaned from their information it appears the artist interchanged his block prints. A portfolio sold at auction held four or five of the same color block prints as in Portfolio # 40 but the rest were different. These impressions are printed on beautiful sheets of Imperial Japan paper.