Carl Benton Compton

Stars

Carl Benton Compton's original lithograph, "Stars" is printed upon upon wove paper and with full margins as published in Texas around 1950 in the small edition of fifteen impressions. This lithograph is signed, titled and numbered by the artist in pencil along the lower margins. Stars is a fine, original example of the lithographic art created by the American artist, Carl Benton Compton.

Stars

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Title:	Stars
Artist:	Compton, Carl Benton (Texas, 1905 - 1981)
Date:	c. 1950
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Carl Benton Compton: A Texas painter and printmaker, Carl Benton Compton studied art at Notre Dame University and at the Art Institute of Chicago (B.A.). From 1936 to 1943 Compton lived and worked in Georgetown, Texas. After that date he moved to Denton, Texas, where he assumed the post of art instructor at the North Texas State Teachers College. Compton also taught art techniques in Mexico.
	In 1935, Compton married the artist, Mildred Norris Compton. The artists often exhibited their work together at major expositions in Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Today the art of Carl Benton Compton is included in the permanent collections of such institutions as The Heritage Center, San Diego, and Harvard University.
	Carl Benton Compton's reputation was built largely upon landscape scenes and figure studies. Stars, however, is intriguingly surreal in its structure. The entire composition is constructed with squares, circles and angled lines with two very 'cubist' figures dominating the foreground. Although 'stars' are evident in the image the title could very well be Stares. This original lithograph was published in a very small signed and numbered edition of fifteen impressions.
Edition:	Limited Edition of Fifteen impressions, Numbered 5/15.
Size:	13 1/2 X 10 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in Texas around the above date. Signed, titled and numbered, '5/15', by the artist in pencil along the lower margins. Containing slight soiling in the outer margins, else a fine impression and in very good condition throughout. Stars represents a scarce, original example of the Texas art of Carl Benton Compton.
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