Joe Jones (Joseph John Jones)

Against The Sky

Joe Jones's "Against The Sky" depicts an American city view by the waterfront at dusk. With its skyscrapers looming into the sky, boats are docked, the highways seem clear of traffic and all is quite, at least, for the beautiful moment captured in this scene. This original silk-screen is printed upon fine laid paper bearing the 'Curtis Rag' watermark and with large margins as published by the Associated American Artists of New York in 1961. It is signed, titled and numbered '40/100' by Joe Jones in pencil along the lower margin."Against The Sky" is a fine, original example of the serigraph art created by the American artist, Joseph John Jones.

Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph) by The American artist, Joe Jones 'Joseph John Jones'.

Against The Sky

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Joseph John Jones 'Joe Jones' (St. Louis, 1909 - Morristown, New Jersey, 1963)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Against The Sky by Joe Jones (Joseph John Jones)	Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph)	1961	Signed, titled and numbered '40/100' by Joe Jones in pencil. Published by The Associated American Artists of New York.
02.-		Beach Scene I by Joe Jones (Joseph John Jones)	Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph)	1962	Signed, titled and numbered '92/110.' by Joe Jones in pencil. Published by The Associated American Artists of New York.	Sold
03.-		Beach Scene II by Joe Jones (Joseph John Jones)	Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph)	1962	Signed, titled and numbered '87/110.' by Joe Jones in pencil. Published by The Associated American Artists of New York.	Sold
04.-		The Highway by Joe Jones (Joseph John Jones)	Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph)	c. 1955 - 1960	Signed, titled and numbered, '37/100' by Joe Jones in pencil.
05.-		Tropical Harbour by Joe Jones (Joseph John Jones)	Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph)	c. 1955	Signed by Joe Jones in pen, (Proof impression), limited edition of one hundred impressions. (Plus 15 Artist's Proofs)	Sold

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Title:	Against The Sky
Artist:	Jones, Joseph John 'Joe Jones' (St. Louis, 1909 - Morristown, New Jersey, 1963)
Date:	1961
Medium:	Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph)
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred and ten impressions, numbered '40/100'.
Note:	Joseph John Jones 'Joe Jones': A major twentieth century painter and printmaker, Joe Jones was almost entirely self-taught. He began exhibiting his paintings and prints around St. Louis in the late 1920's. He also organized and taught art classes for children of unemployed workers in 1934. At about this time Jones became a member of the Communist party and a leading political activist throughout the decade of the Depression. His views were, of course, greatly criticized by mid-western conservatives and thus Jones left St. Louis for New York in 1935.
	Many of Joe Jones's paintings and prints from this era (including five large murals) were commissioned by the government supported Works Progress Administration. Also, in 1937, he was awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and his art was included in important exhibitions at the Carnegie Institute. In World War Two, Joe Jones worked as a war artist for Life Magazine.
	During his career, Joe Jones's art underwent significant changes. His early paintings and prints (many depicting laborers and farm workers) were at the forefront of both Social Realism and American Regionalism. Until the end of the Second World War the large majority of Joe Jones's prints were in the medium of lithography. Jones made his first experiments in the medium of the colour silk-screen in 1945. After that date he devoted much of his talents to this form of art. The possibility within the silk-screen of creating large prints with full ranges of colours and tonal values contributed to a transformation of Joe Jones's art. Moving more towards a lyrical almost calligraphic form of abstractionism, Joe Jones brilliantly explored the relationships of line, form and colour. His silk-screens from the post war era, such as this original example, are now seen as masterworks of their time.
	Prominent galleries that today include the art of Joe Jones in their collections are the Smithsonian Institute, the White House, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art and the Whitney Museum, New York.
Provenance:	Associated American Artists:During the 1950's, most of Jones's silk-screens were commissioned by the Associated American Artists of New York. Each was published in editions of 100 impressions along with 15 Artist Proofs. This particular impression entitled, Against The Sky was originally in the archives of the Associated American Artists and published by them in 1961.
	The Associated American Artists of New York was founded in the mid 1930's. They commissioned original graphic art from such great masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and others. It published etchings and lithographs of no less stature during the 1960's as contributing artists included Joe Jones, Jack Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies, James Kearns, Irwin D. Hoffman and Sidney Chafetz.
Size:	12 1/4 X 31 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine laid paper bearing the 'Curtis Rag' watermark and with large margins as published in New York in 1961. Signed, titled and numbered '40/100' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Containing slight marginal tears in the lower right corner, else a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Altogether this original silk-screen entitled, Against The Sky represents a fine example of the famous American art of Joe Jones.
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