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Impromptu
1938
Henry Keller
Henry Keller (American, 1869–1949)
Prints
Impromptu, 1938. Henry Keller (American, 1869–1949). Color lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1943.175 Cleveland-born artist Henry Keller frequently worked in lithography throughout his long career. Many artists collaborated with a master printer, but Keller could print his work himself; he was extremely knowledgeable about the technique after having apprenticed with a commercial lithographer for almost a decade as a young man. In prints such as this one, he combined his professional knowledge with an interest in the human figure and expressive mark making: two female nudes are reduced to simple forms and surrounded with repetitive, gestural lines that suggest Keller’s continuing interest in abstraction. Henry Keller's first work as a commercial lithographer involved printing circus posters.
- Maker/Artist
- Keller, Henry George
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color lithograph
- Medium
- color, lithograph
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1943.175
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Rights Statement
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