Charley Harper 1980 Serigraph "Redbirds and Redbuds"

Item Details

Charley Harper (Cincinnati Ohio, 1922 – 2007)
Redbirds and Redbuds, 1980
Serigraph on paper
Signed “C. Harper” to the lower right
Numbered 1140/1500
Published by Frame House Gallery, Kentucky
Includes an artist’s statement sheet from Frame House Gallery

Charley Harper was an American Modernist artist and illustrator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from the Academy of Art in Cincinnati and receiving the school’s first Stephen H. Wilder Travelling Scholarship, Harper gained a reputation as a successful wildlife illustrator, tapped for nature themed projects such as the Golden Book of Biology, the magazine Ford Times, and the National Parks Service. Harper developed a distinct personal style he described as “Minimal Realism”, capturing the forms of his subjects with the fewest possible visual details, often distilling them down to flat geometric shapes and stylized lines. Charley Harper’s work has been shown at the Kunstverein Hamburg in Germany, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Altman Seigel Gallery in San Francisco, the Trifecta Gallery in Las Vegas, and the Public Trust in Dallas, TX, among other places.

Condition

- negligible scratches throughout the frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; image size 14.75" W x 15.5" H; sheet size 18.75" W x 19.25" H.

Item #

ITMG271154