Henry Lawrence Faulkner Oil and Casein on Masonite "14 Karat"

Item Details

Henry Lawrence Faulkner (American/Kentucky, 1924-1981)
oil and casein on masonite
signed lower left
cleverly titled on verso 14 Karat

Animals were a favored subject of Faulkner. Among his most prized examples are ’Noah’s Ark’, where he often incorporated his pet goat, Alice. Cats were another repeated subject. ‘14 Karat’, cleverly titled, is the only extant example of a rabbit that we have found. Faulkner very famously had numerous cats in his Lexington and Key West homes, and he was rarely spotted without Alice, regardless of circumstance or occasion.

Henry Lawrence Faulkner (American/Kentucky, 1924-1981) was born in rural Egypt, Kentucky in 1924. An orphan, and listless wanderer, the artist lived a Bohemian lifestyle and eventually arrived in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was primarily known. A lifetime of travel took him to Key West, Taormina, Italy, New York, California where he befriended the likes of Ernest Hemmingway, Tennessee Williams, Ezra Pound, and many other literary and artistic dignitaries. Anecdotes abound of his pet goat and oft recurring subject in his work Alice, with whom he drove to Florida, took to his gallery openings, and elsewhere. He is remembered as a complicated modernist, who left a body of work in paintings and poetry, and a fond impression by most who met him.

LITERATURE

The Gift of Color- Henry Lawrence Faulkner (2018, Hockensmith). Link to the book – ‘The Gift of Color’:https://www.finearteditions.net/the-gift-of-color-henry-faulkner-look-inside-limited-edition/

Condition

A worn frame, deliberate by the artist.

Dimensions

Item #

18LEX034-002