Kristin Nelson Color Lithograph "Who Will Stop the Rain?"

Item Details

A limited edition color lithograph titled Who Will Stop the Rain by listed American artist and former wife of Kristin Nelson (born 1945). This print from an original painted image depicts hard rain falling in an urban setting. The streets are filled with figures holding black umbrellas. The work is signed in-plate and signed and dated in graphite ‘Kristin Nelson 1970’ in the lower right corner. It is hand numbered 1 in an edition of 10. It is presented under clear glazing, mounted to a white backing in a light colored wood frame. There is a hanging wire mounted to the verso.

Kristin Nelson is an American Primitive painter, actor, and author. Nelson started painting at the age of seventeen, after President Kennedy’s assassination moved her to express her feelings on canvas with the painting “When the Kennedys were in the White House”. Her painting career took a back seat to her acting career when, after her 1963 marriage to actor and musician Ricky Nelson, she joined the cast of the family television show The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. Nelson rekindled her passion for painting in the late 1980’s, and it continues to be her main focus to this day. Her brightly colored Folk art paintings are conceived without perspective, often depicting many figures, and have been likened to works by Primitive artist Grandma Moses. Nelson came into national prominence when a painting of the White House was purchased by former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. A full size coffee table book of Nelson’s paintings titled Out Of My Mind was published in 1999.

Condition

frame scuffed

Dimensions

visual image – 7″ × 9″

Item #

18LEX025-091