Lot Essay
The present work relates to Barnet's 1971 screenprint of the same title, an example of which is held in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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Woman and White Cat
Details
WILL BARNET (1911-2012)
Woman and White Cat
signed 'Will Barnet' (upper right)—signed again and dated ''66' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on canvas
33 ½ x 28 ½ in. (85.1 x 72.4 cm.)
Painted in 1966.
Woman and White Cat
signed 'Will Barnet' (upper right)—signed again and dated ''66' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on canvas
33 ½ x 28 ½ in. (85.1 x 72.4 cm.)
Painted in 1966.
Provenance
Anastasia and Jerry Balaban, Flushing, New York, by 1984.
By descent to the present owner from the above.
By descent to the present owner from the above.
Literature
R. Doty, Will Barnet, New York, 1984, p. 101, illustrated.
Exhibited
Purchase, New York, State University of New York, Neuberger Museum, Will Barnet: Twenty Years of Painting and Drawing, November 4, 1979-January 15, 1980.
New York, Terry Dintenfass, Inc., Sittings: Portraits by Will Barnet, November 6-December 2, 1982.
Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art; Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville Museum of Art; St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of Art; Ontario, Canada, Art Gallery of Hamilton; Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Will Barnet: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, June 10, 1984-July 15, 1985.
New York, Terry Dintenfass, Inc., Sittings: Portraits by Will Barnet, November 6-December 2, 1982.
Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art; Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville Museum of Art; St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of Art; Ontario, Canada, Art Gallery of Hamilton; Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Will Barnet: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, June 10, 1984-July 15, 1985.
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