Charley Harper Signed Lithograph Print "Ladybug"
Item Details
A 1972 open edition lithograph titled Ladybug by well-listed Geometric Minimalist wildlife artist Charley Harper (Cincinnati, 1922–2007). This piece depicts a solitary lady bug diagonally situated on a simple gray background, rendered in Harper’s typical graphic style. It is signed in the plate to the lower left and in graphite to the lower right margin. Presented behind a black mat, under glass, in a red metal frame. Hanging hardware is present to the verso.
Charley Harper was an American Modernist artist and illustrator based out of 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
- debris under glass; minor surface wear to frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame; visible image measures 10"W x 10"H.
Item #
18IND058-066