Abstract black-and-white lithograph with bold geometric shapes and textured shading.

Will Barnet

Big Grey

1987

Not on view

12 works in the collection
8 exhibitions
View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/38639

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (32.4 × 24.9 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (24.8 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
2011.24.3

Edition
6/140 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Atelier Franck Bordas; published by American Abstract Artists

Credit line
Transfer, from the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Special Collections, Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/38639

Part of a series:
American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio
44 works

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Bold black-and-white abstract composition with thick dark borders and a central angular geometric shape.
High-contrast black-and-white print showing angular geometric blocks and strong light and shadow.
Vertical panel shows three stacked circles containing geometric shapes: triangle and dot, plain ring, square and dot.
Black-and-white print showing overlapping diagonal-striped rectangles with a slanted solid bar cutting through them.
Black horizontal stripes with irregular gaps and rough edges across a white background.
A centered black rectangle above layered horizontal lines on a white background, creating a minimalist abstract composition.
Two stacked rectangular compositions with centered square openings and horizontal bars drawn in black.
A vertical column of small black square icons runs down the center of a large white page.

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