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Reg Butler

About Reg Butler: (1913-1981, British) From England, Reg Butler came to prominence after World War II at the same time as sculptors Lynn Chadwick, Germaine Richier, and Alberto Giacometti. Throughout the 1940s, Butler made forged and welded-steel constructions, similar to those of David Smith.

In the 1950s, he turned away from open structures to enclosed volumes with a more obvious human presence, often seeming to be caught in a suspended wiry structure.

During the last 10 years of his career, Butler abandoned steel and worked in bronze depicting larger-than-life-size female nudes. In a lecture in 1962, he introduced the term "postmodern" into art vocabulary, predicting the injection of figurative work into total abstraction.

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About the Artist	(1913-1981, British) From England, Reg Butler came to prominence after World War II at the same time as sculptors Lynn Chadwick, Germaine Richier, and Alberto Giacometti. Throughout the 1940s, Butler made forged and welded-steel constructions, similar to those of David Smith. In the 1950s, he turned away from open structures to enclosed volumes with a more obvious human presence, often seeming to be caught in a suspended wiry structure. During the last 10 years of his career, Butler abandoned steel and worked in bronze depicting larger-than-life-size female nudes. In a lecture in 1962, he introduced the term "postmodern" into art vocabulary, predicting the injection of figurative work into total abstraction.
Medium	Black lithograph on Japon paper
Edition	27/ 35 (XXVII/ XXXV)
Image size	25 1/4" height X 18 1/2" width
Paper size	29 1/2" height X 21" width
Frame	Float mounted on linen-wrapped mat, regular glass, black finished molding (worn)
Frame size	37 1/4" height X 28 1/2" width
Signed	"Butler '68" at viewer's lower right in graphite
Date of creation	1968
Condition	Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed
Provenance	AS Hu