Untitled
1972
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lithograph
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of June Wayne
Accession Number
1974.99.3
Art Historical Context
Garo Antreasian's *Untitled* (1972) is a striking lithograph that exemplifies the artist's mastery of printmaking during a pivotal era for American graphics. Created as a print, this work resides in the National Gallery of's CG-W department, generously gifted by June Wayne, the pioneering founder of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Antreasian, an Armenian-American and educator (1922–2018), was a leading figure in revitalizing lithography in the United States, serving as a master printer and collaborator at Tamarind, which moved to Albuquerque in 197 and became the Tamarind Institute. Lithog...
About the Artist
Garo Antreasian
Garo Zareh Antreasian (1922–2018), an American artist of Armenian descent born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to parents who survived the 1915 Armenian genocide, discovered lithography at age seventeen while attending Arsenal Technical High School, using abandoned equipment there. He earned a BFA from the Herron School of Art in 1948, served as a combat artist in the Pacific during World War II, and th...