Robert Natkin Abstract Prints

Robert Natkin Intimate Lighting, 1974 Silkscreen on Arches paper 27 × 38 inches Pencil signed, dated and numbered from the limited edition of 150 on the front Published by Chromacomp...

Robert Natkin Intimate Lighting (Blue), 1974 Color lithograph on beige art paper (a unique proof, signed and inscribed to Natkin's printer) Hand signed and i...

Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010) Title: Untitled Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint on Cream Arches Paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 2/15 Size: 30 x 2...

Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010) Title: Untitled Year: 1986 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 7/10 Image Size: 30 x 42 inches Frame: 39.5 x 5...

In 1974, a Natkin exhibit at the Holburne of Menstrie Museum in Bath, England was to be accompanied by a catalogue consisting entirely of black and white plates. The decision to reproduce only in black and white, although initially the result of financial constraints, had an enormous effect on Natkin’s aesthetic growth. The artist, determined not to compromise on the quality of his catalogue reproductions, resolved to paint black and white canvases for his show. The rich but hushed palette of the Bath paintings was not simply a result of the artist’s attempt to financial compromise. The muted, grainy surfaces of theses canvases evoke visions of the worn stone walls, archways, and facades of the buildings of Bath, whose beauty had struck the painter during several trips to the city prior to that of the museum exhibition. Natkin, despite a lifelong love affair with color, has always been a strong proponent of the notion “black and white as color” even referring reverentially to the painter Franz Kline, known for his bold monochromatic canvases, as a “colorist.” As Natkin points out, Kline’s black and white works, despite their lack of obviously defined chroma, resonate with a full spectrum of tones and sensuous undertones of color. The seemingly limited palette of Natkin’s Bath paintings liberated the artist, allowing him to concentrate more than ever on the skin of the canvas. His Bath paintings, like Natkin’s earlier Intimate Lighting...

Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010) Title: Intimate Lighting: Blue Year: 1974 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 39/100 Image Size: 36 x 26.25 inche...

Flurry Robert Natkin, American (1930–2010) Date: 1974 Screenprint, signed and dedicated in pencil Edition of 150, dedicated to Jackson Lowell lower left Image Size: 27 x 38 inches Si...

Robert Natkin Intimate Lighting, 1974 Silkscreen on Arches paper 27 × 38 inches Pencil signed, dated and numbered 132/150 on the front Published by Chromacomp, Inc. Unframed This stunning large...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Soft pastel colors in floating smudges lay between and around lyrical abstract geometric and organic forms giving a diaphanous color and shape harmony to the work...

Artist: Robert Natkin Title: Untitled, (Black) Year: 1979 Artist Dates: 1930-2010 Medium: lithography Paper: BFK Rives Dimensions: Image -26.5 x 36.25 inches (Sheet – 29.5 x 39.5 inc...

Robert Natkin (American, 1930-2010) Untitled, from the Field Mouse series Lithograph in colors on wove paper Signed in pencil lower right Edition 56/75 in pencil on the verso Sheet: ...

Robert Natkin (American, 1930-2010) Untitled, 1978 From the Intimate Lighting series Color lithograph on wove paper Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower left Edition 47/75 Prin...