1950s Watercolor ROBERT BLACKBURN African-American

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1950s Watercolor ROBERT BLACKBURN African-American

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Sold Date: 08/13/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

ROBERT BLACKBURN (1920-2003) Seated Nude. Watercolor on thin wove paper, circa 1950. 18 1/2 x 24 inches. Unsigned. Provenance: Gift from the artist;ex collection Adrienne Wheeler. New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, Robert Blackburn (African-American) is best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography. In New York in 1948 he established a cooperative press, the Printmaking Workshop. In the mid-1950s, he traveled and studied in Europe. He collaborated with such artists as Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg from 1959 to 1963 as the first master printer for Universal Limited Art Editions in West Islip, New York, w he often taught these artists the medium. He then returned exclusively to the Printmaking Workshop. Among his numerous honors are a MacArthur Fellowship (1992) and lifetime achievement awards from Skowhegan (1987) and the College Art Association (2000). Blackburn died at the age of 82 on April 21, 2003 in New York. THIS IS ORIGINAL AND GUARANTEED. Similar work of Blackburn has auction records of $1900.00. In the February 6, 2007 Swan Galleries African-American Fine Art sale catalogue, t are various works of Blackburns from the Adrienne Wheeler Collection.THE BUYER WILL PAY $20.00 FOR SHIPPING. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.