In the Garden #40, Jennifer Bartlett

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Jennifer Bartlett, In the Garden #40
Jennifer Bartlett, In the Garden #40
Jennifer Bartlett
In the Garden #40
1983
Jennifer Bartlett, artist
1941–2022
In the Garden #40, 1983
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): each 325 x 506 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 12 13/16 x 19 15/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 764 x 578 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 30 1/16 x 22 3/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 24 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 1 1/4 in
Weight (Weight): 8 lbs
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1987.0190.02
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Sum of the Parts: Recent Works on Paper," Jun-2001, Stephen Goddard In the Garden # 40 is one of several print series inspired by some 200 drawings Bartlett completed during a brief stay in Nice in 1979-80. The entire group of drawings depicts the little pond with a shabby mannekin-pis fountain at her residence in Nice. The series is a very focused attempt to explore traditional styles and techniques. The drawing for In the Garden #40 was done in conté crayon in a manner similar to academic drawing “aux trois crayons”-drawings done in three shades of chalk, usually red, black and white. The style is reminiscent of an academically trained artist toward the end of the nineteenth century. Bartlett’s co-opting of (predominantly male) art history in this series continues in the prints derived from them. These four prints include a woodcut, a screenprint, and two that mix these methods. By forcing woodcut and screenprinting to read as chalk drawings, Bartlett challenges our assumptions about screenprinting (usually associated with Pop Art) and woodcut (often associated with expressionist printmaking).