Charley Harper Poster "Biodiversity in the Burbs," 1996

Item Details

Designed by Charley Harper (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922 – 2007)
Biodiversity in the Burbs, 1996
Offset lithograph on paper
Signed in plate to lower margin

Charley Harper was an American Modernist artist and illustrator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from the Academy of Art in Cincinnati and receiving the school’s first Stephen H. Wilder Travelling Scholarship, Harper gained a reputation as a successful wildlife illustrator, tapped for nature-themed projects such as the Golden Book of Biology, the magazine Ford Times, and the National Parks Service. Harper developed distinct personal style he described as “Minimal Realism”, capturinag the forms of his subjects with the fewest possible visual details, often distilling them down to flat geometric shapes and stylized lines. Charley Harper’s work has been shown at the Kunstverein Hamburg in Germany, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Altman Siegel Gallery in San Francisco, the Trifecta Gallery in Las Vegas, and the Public Trust in Dallas, TX, among other places.

Condition

- toning, stains, and discolorations to sheet; slight undulations to sheet; debris under glazing; accretions; abrasions to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 18" W x 22" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Item #

ITMGM42503