Three etchings. The Book. Signed, titled and numbered 19/60 in pencil, lower margin. 1938 * Sleeping Mother. Signed, titled and numbered 19/60 in pencil, lower margin. 1940 * Striped Socks. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 20. Signed, titled and inscribed "AP" in pencil, lower margin. 1946 (printed 1999). Various sizes and conditions.
Very good impressions. Szoke 59, 80 and 209.
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from 1928-30. He later won a 3-year scholarship to the Art Students League, New York, where he focused on printmaking. Throughout his career, he mastered a variety of techniques, including etching, woodcut and lithography, such as the current lot. An extremely dynamic artist, Barnet changed his style significantly throughout his career. His earliest graphic works captured the social and economic despair which resulted from the Great Depression; during these years he also worked for the WPA, producing prints for the graphics arts division.
