Robert Arneson (1930-1992)
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
Robert Arneson (1930-1992)

Flat Face

Details
Robert Arneson (1930-1992)
Flat Face
cast pigmented paper pulp construction
48 1/8 x 40 x 13 in. (122.2 x 101.6 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1981. This work is one of four unique variants.
Provenance
Experimental Printmaking, San Francisco
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981
Literature
D. Burckhardt, "Painting an honest picture of age," San Jose Mercury News, 25 January 1990, p. 7D.
J. Ayres, "Opportunity to Draw from Experience," The Peninsula Times Tribune, 5 February 1990, pp. C-1 and C-4 (illustrated).
J. Harrington, "Breaking the Mold," Palo Alto Weekly, February 12, 1999, p. 9 (illustrated on the cover).
C. Maclay, "Of Prints, Photos and Proust," San Jose Mercury News, 21 February 1999.
"Palo Alto Cultural Center," San Francisco Examiner (Peninsula Edition), 26 February 1999, pp. P-1 and P-8 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Cupertino, Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Drawing from Experience: Artists Over Fifty, January-February 1990.
San Jose Museum of Art and Reno, Nevada Art Museum, Arneson, De Forest, Hudson and Wiley: Selections from the Anderson Collection, December 1991-December 1992.
Palo Alto Art Center, The Print is Cast, January-April 1999.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000- January 2001, p. 353, no. 11.

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