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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
JOHN BURTON HARTER (1940-2002)
Darby, Nude Study for "Man Bathing." Pen and ink on museum board, 660x457 mm; 26x18 inches, full margins. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Signed, titled and dated in ink, verso. 1995.
Provenance: Estate of the artist to benefit The John Burton Harter Foundation.
John B. Harter focused his artistic practice on the male body. He worked from photographs, first shooting his models then creating fully formed compositions based on these images. Often they depict his friends and acquaintances, he even photographed himself as a model. In addition to his artwork, he worked as a curator for many years before dedicating himself to his studio practice. He stated: "The development of my art has paralleled my homoerotic exploration and as I discovered aspects of the gay world, I incorporated them into my paintings and drawings. My translation of the gay world to imagery, to art, defined what I was learning to myself, and each – art and lifestyle – became a part of the other."
