Sep 19, 2024 - Sale 2678

Sale 2678 - Lot 126

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 "Midnight" #2.

Charcoal on vellum, 1984. 1070x666 mm; 42⅛x26¼ inches. Signed and inscribed "2" lower right.

Provenance
Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, with the label.
Babcock Galleries, New York (label).
Estate of the artist.

Exhibited
"Recent Drawings: Barnet, Goodman, Nickson," Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, October 26-November 9, 1996 (label).

Additional Details

Family had always comprised a large part of Will Barnet's artistic output and this study for his 1985 etching Midnight (see Szoke 184) is typical of his later career, when he began to depict his grandchildren.