Modernist Building
Lithograph, 1948, edition 4. 8 3/4 x 11 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on gray paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This early work was printed by Lynton Kistler in Los Angeles and bears his embossed chop mark in the lower left. Adams is the author of American Lithographers 1900-1960 and Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990.
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Modernist Buildings
Watercolor, 1948, 9 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (image size); 11 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (Sheet size) Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. This exemplary, early work is in fine, fresh condition. "Born in Glendale, California, Clinton Adams studied at UCLA and taught there from 1946 to 1954. He became associate director of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, established in Los Angeles in 1960 to encourage American printmakers and to foster the art of lithography. Tamarind was one of the first workshops in the United States to offer the kind of printing equipment and gathering of artists that was common in Europe; in 1970 the workshop became the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico. Adams was the director of the Tamarind Institute from 1970 until his retirement in 1985. In 1974 he established a series of technical papers on lithography which evolved into the Tamarind Papers, an annual journal of the fine print. As an artist, writer, and teacher, Adams has promoted the art of lithography in America. He is the author of numerous books and articles on lithography. Many of Adams' prints are composed of geometric forms emerging from ambiguous backgrounds." (From the biography about Adams from the National Gallery website.)
$3,500