Jennifer Bartlett (American, 1941-2022)
In the Garden #118, 1982
Silkscreen on handmade paper 29 x 38 ½ inches; 32 ½ x 41 ½ in. framed
In the Garden #118, 1982
Silkscreen on handmade paper 29 x 38 ½ inches; 32 ½ x 41 ½ in. framed
Jennifer Bartlett rose to prominence through her paintings and prints featuring familiar subjects like houses, gardens, trees, mountains, and oceans. Her distinctive style blends figurative and abstract art elements, using the structure of the grid to unify her compositions. Bartlett drew inspiration from the conceptual art of the 1960s, where the grid and serial imagery focused on perception, process, and the effect of shifting perspectives.
Bartlett produced the "In the Garden" series between 1980 and 1983 during her stay at a friend's villa in Nice, France. Initially disappointed with the inclement weather and the dilapidated house, she focused her attention on the intimate backyard featuring a dense row of cypresses, a pool, and a diminutive sculpture of a boy urinating into the water. The result was a collection of nearly two hundred drawings based on the same scene, executed in different styles using ten different mediums, ranging from pointillism in colored pencil to impressionistic pastels and Matisse-inspired gouaches.
Bartlett’s work is in the permanent collections of most major national and international museums.
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