Swing Shift

Will Barnet (1911-2012)

Date

1937
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Etching and aquatint
Dimensions

Image: 9 7/8 x 10 3/4 in.
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 3/8 in.
Edition

?/30
Inscriptions

Recto:
titled l.l. in graphite: "Swing Shift"
signed l.r. in graphite: Will Barnet
l.r. in graphite: 11 x 11 3/4 12
Verso:
l.l. in graphite: PHD S"
Collection Name

Donald Marron Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1983.19
Copyright

© Will Barnet Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Will Barnet: Relationships, Intimate and Abstract, 1935-1965

June 18, 2011–January 8, 2012

This celebratory exhibition marked Barnet’s 100th birthday by allowing viewers to witness the sophisticated progression of his art during the most pivotal period of his career, as he searched for the symbolic potential of forms through realism and abstraction.

Location: Off view

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