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John Himmelfarb

John Himmelfarb, born in 1946, is an artist living and working in Chicago, IL. Himmelfarb is known for idiosyncratic, yet modernist-based work across many media including drawing, printmaking, painting, and sculpture in a wide exploration of scale and presentation.

Background

MFA, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Cambridge, MA

BA, Harvard College; Cambridge, MA

Kohler Arts & Industry Residency (2007)

Pollack-Krasner Foundation Award (2002, 1986)

Illinois Arts Council Grant (2003, 1986)

National Endowment for the Arts (1982, 1985)

Normal Editions Projects

John Himmelfarb has participated in several collaborative print projects at Normal Editions Workshop during short term residencies and contract projects at the School of Art at Illinois State University since 1986.

John Himmelfarb draws in the studio.

Artist John Himmelfarb drawing on mylar at Normal Editions Workshop, 2017

Resources

Artist Website

John Himmelfarb on Wiki

Prints from Normal Editions

Forest, Tabula Tabula Picta, Proof Copy, and Parallels are included in the Marks from the Matrix and Illinois Artists traveling exhibitions available from Normal Editions Workshop.

Chapeau and Veneer Court are included in the Marks from the Matrix , Illinois Artists , and Selected Impressions traveling exhibitions available from Normal Editions Workshop.

Astronomer, Colorado, Eyeland, Key Note, and Quiz are included in the Illinois Artists and The Intimate Print traveling exhibitions available from Normal Editions Workshop.

Shop Notes and Female Voice are included in the Illinois Artists traveling exhibition available from Normal Editions Workshop.

Letter to Ray and untitled are included in the The Intimate Print traveling exhibition available from Normal Editions Workshop.

A Summer Landscape

A Summer Landscape

James D. Butler
seven-color lithograph
22" x 30"
edition size: 15 roman numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 1990
N.E.W. work #89-105
part of a four print set:
"Midwestern Landscape: In Season"
presented in portfolio with
title, essay, and colophon pages

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Still Life with Glass and Clay

Still Life with Glass and Clay

James D. Butler
one-color lithograph
28" x 38"
edition size: 70 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 1995
N.E.W. work #95-101

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A Single Flower Vase

A Single Flower Vase

James D. Butler
one-color lithograph
14 5/8" x 19 3/8"
edition size: 75 arabic numeral impressions
and 20 roman numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 1985
N.E.W. work #84-108

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Evening Landscape

Evening Landscape

James D. Butler
one-color lithograph
9" x 12"
edition size: 30 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 1990
N.E.W. work #89-107

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A Companion Piece

A Companion Piece

James D. Butler
one-color lithograph
8" x 10 7/8"
edition size: 20
signed by the artist
copyright 1977
N.E.W. work #77-119

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Tableware

Tableware

James D. Butler
seven-color lithograph
22 1/2" x 30"
edition size: 19
signed by the artist
copyright 1978
N.E.W. work #78-109

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Mirage

Mirage

James D. Butler
nine-color lithograph
22" x 30"
edition size: 25
signed by the artist
copyright 1980
N.E.W. work #80-101

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Collaboration with John Himmelfarb

washing out the stone

washing out the stone

James D. Butler washing out the stone while Richard Finch prepares the black ink roller

rolling up the stone with black ink

rolling up the stone with black ink

Meda Rives, sponger, and Richard Finch, printer, rolling up the stone with black ink

newsprint proof

newsprint proof

Meda Rives and Veda Rives cranking the press for a newsprint proof

fanning the stone dry

fanning the stone dry

Meda Rives fanning the stone dry after a printing session

artist reviewing printed proofs

artist reviewing printed proofs

artist, James D. Butler, reviewing printed proofs pinned to the wall

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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