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Impromptu

1938

Henry Keller

(American, born Germany, 1869–1949)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
color lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1943.175
Edition
edition of 3(?)
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Henry Keller's first work as a commercial lithographer involved printing circus posters.

Description

Cleveland-born artist Henry Keller frequently worked in lithography throughout his long career. Many artists collaborated with a master printer, but Keller could print his work himself; he was extremely knowledgeable about the technique after having apprenticed with a commercial lithographer for almost a decade as a young man. In prints such as this one, he combined his professional knowledge with an interest in the human figure and expressive mark making: two female nudes are reduced to simple forms and surrounded with repetitive, gestural lines that suggest Keller’s continuing interest in abstraction.

Impromptu

1938

Henry Keller

(American, born Germany, 1869–1949)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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