A 1978 color etching by the American Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin (1930-2010). This abstract work features an array of colorful dots and designs creating a mesh-like composition in various colors. Unframed, the etching is signed, dated, and numbered 29/75 to the lower right.

Robert Natkin was an American abstract painter and printmaker. Natkin was born in Chicago in 1930 and grew up in relative poverty. In spite of a lack of support for his art career from his family, he graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1952. Shortly after, he married a fellow painter, Judith Dolnick, and opened the short-lived Wells Street Gallery. Natkin worked within different artistic movements including Color Field and Abstract Expressionism. In 1960, he was included in the "Young America" exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Natkin taught at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The artists work is included in esteemed collections such as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others.

Measurements:

38” W x 49.5” H (paper). 

Condition notes:

Some discoloration around edges. Other minor wear to edges.