Female Head in Red & Black, gouache & ink on illustration board, 1970's-80's, 7-5/8 x 6-3/4, signed lower left in ink. A lyrical later piece from this important New York and Connecticut painter and illustrator, who also worked in fresco, tile, collage and printmaking. Gertrude Barrer was one of the founding members of the Indian Space Painters group in New York City in the 1940's; along with Will Barnet, Steve Wheeeler, Peter Busa, Howard Daum, Ruth Lewin and others. Her work is enjoying renewed attention from historians and collectors and additional works are available. Please Inquire.

$750

Portrait of Woman with Red Headband, Fresco, 1970's-80's, signed lower left, 11 x 10-1/2, painted plaster on panel, thin wood slat frame.

$600

Odalisque, Etching, 1975, ed. unknown but small, only a few signed proofs, 8 x 9-3/4, signed and titled in pencil, on thick stiff cream Murillo wove paper, a few small stains in the margins.

$800

Bird Song, Etching, 1975, ed. unknown but small, only a few signed proofs, 8 x 9-3/4, signed and titled in pencil, on thick stiff cream wove Murillo paper, slight handling crease to upper right corner.

$800

Winter Trees, Ink and Gouache with Wash Transfer, early 1990's, 10-3/4 x 8, signed in pencil, on stiff cream wove paper.

$775

Black and Orange Vertical Abstraction, Ink and Pastel, early 1990's,12-1/16 x 9-1/4, signed in pencil, on thin cream wove paper, some handling creases to left and right image edges. A late piece showing Barrer's return to abstract imagery.

$1,000

Vertical Tryptich: (Fish, Fish, Heads), Gouache, 1940's, 10 x 6, signed in pencil, on thick cream wove paper. Slight handling creases at bottom edge, slight cockling from gouache.

$900

Untitled: Horizontal Abstraction, ca. 1949-50, Ink and Crayon Resist, 11 x 12-7/8, signed in pencil verso, on stiff crream wove paper. This early piece, with it's dark, subterranean ground, earthy palette and ghostly germinative forms, relates strongly to Barrer's other mature paintings. As she embraced, personalized, then transcended Indian Space concerns for all-over patterning and ambiguity between positive and negative form, Barrer infused her own hybred imagery with elements of both organic and man made structure, and monumental and mythic themes.

$1,750

Blue and Red Abstraction, Gouache and Ink, 1950, 10 x 7-3/4, signed and dated in ink, on textured cream J Whatman Hand Made watermarked paper, a few tiny stray marks of paint in the large margins. Another classic image from 1950 which reveal Barrer's characteristic structures; combining elements of natural, architectural and machine form, all on an epic scale.

$3000

Tree Motif Abstraction, Gouache, Oil and ink, ca. 1950, 11 x 14-5/8, signed in ink, on stiff textured cream charcoal paper, a corner crease affecting signature at lower right corner recto, some staining from oil to sheet verso.

$6000

Two Mythic Figures, Tempera, Ink and Varnish, 1950, 8-7/8 x 11-3/4, signed and dated in ink, on cream colored wove paper, sheet considerably toned with traces of tape at four corners verso.

$6000