111: ROBERT NATKIN (1930-2010) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH

Robert Natkin (1930-2010)
Untitled (Field Mouse) (1970)
The lithograph in colors is signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower left and inscribed with a dedication toward the lower right. The sheet bears the blind stamp of the maker lower left as well.

The following is from RobertNatkin.com, ''The Field Mouse series title refers to an Ezra Pound translation of a Chinese poem. Pound writes:


And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough,
And life goes by
Like a field mouse,
Running through the grass not touching.




Natkin has always been deeply moved by this poem, which he refers to as ''a sweeping landscape of emotion.'' His Field Mouse paintings are indeed emotional landscapes in which the trees, sky and rolling hills of traditional landscapes are replaced by interacting pattern and shapes cradled against or boldly emerging from veils of texture.''
Sheet measures 29.25 x 25 with a framed size of 32.25 x 27.25 inches.
Very good condition, the full untrimmed sheet with deckle edges, not laid down, no damage, stain, punctures, tears or repair; framed to archival standards in acid free mounts.
$600 - $900