Ariadne, Will Barnet

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Will Barnet, artist
1911–2012
Ariadne, 1980
Portfolio/Series title: American Portfolio
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: color lithograph; wove paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): round 449 x 449 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 30 in
Credit line: Anonymous gift
Accession number: 1980.0198.06
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Will Barnet attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and moved to New York in 1931 to study at the Art Students League with $10 and a portfolio of seascapes and portraits of the family cat. Four years later he was appointed the League’s official printer. He worked in graphic arts for the Depression-era WPA. Barnet received a National Medal of Arts in 2011 from President Obama. He worked into his 90s.

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