| Title: |
Tropical Harbour (Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda) |
| Artist: |
Jones, Joseph John 'Joe Jones' (St. Louis, 1909 - Morristown, New Jersey, 1963) |
| Date: |
c. 1955 |
| Medium: |
Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph) |
| 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 greatly criticized by mid-western conservatives and thus
Jones left St. Louis for New York in 1935. |
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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, Jones worked
as a war artist for Life Magazine. |
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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 Jones's prints
were in the medium of lithography. Joe Jones made his first experiments in
the newly invented art of the colour silk-screen in 1945. After that date
he devoted much of his talents to this method. 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. |
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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: |
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 of Tropical Harbour (Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda) was originally
in the collection of the archives of the Associated American Artists and
thus in all probability it was published by them. |
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Associated American Artists: the Associated
American Artists of New York was founded in the mid 1930's. The Associated
American Artists 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. |
| Edition: |
Proof impression, limited edition of one hundred impressions. (Plus 15 Artist's Proofs) |
| Size: |
21 X 33 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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View larger Matted Image |
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| Condition: |
Printed upon fine laid paper and with full margins as published
in New York around 1955. Signed by the artist in pen to the lower right
corner. Containing registration marks on all four corners and the side
margins, which indicates an artist's proof impression. Tropical Harbour
(Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda) is a vibrantly printed impression and
in excellent condition throughout. Altogether this original silk-screen
represents a fine example of the famous American art of Joe Jones. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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Original Color Silk-Screen (Serigraph) by The American artist, Joe Jones 'Joseph John Jones'.
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| Tropical Harbour |
View other original Works of Art by Joe Jones.
| Joseph John Jones 'Joe Jones' (St. Louis, 1909 - Morristown, New Jersey, 1963) |
| # |
Image |
Title & Artist |
Medium |
Date |
Notes |
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| 01- |
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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. |
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| 02.- |
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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. |
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| 03.- |
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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. |
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| 04.- |
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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. |
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| 05.- |
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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) |
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