Nov 26, 2024 - Sale 2688

Sale 2688 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WILL BARNET (1911 - 2012)
Study for "Woman, Cat and Banister."

Charcoal on vellum, 1982. 965x742 mm; 38x29¼ inches. Signed and dated, upper right.

Provenance
Babcock Galleries, New York (label).
Estate of the artist.

Additional Details

Will Barnet used the bannister as a compositional device in several of his works, including The Bannister, his 1981 color lithograph (see Szoke 177). The bannister gives this domestic scene a sense of rhythm to counteract the languorous pose of the cat perched upon it.