Henry Charles Pearson (NC/NY, 1914-2006), Red Circle on Black

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Stone lithograph in colors, circa 1965, pencil signed and marked as artist's proof "III" at lower left, presented in a giltwood frame.

Sheet sight 26 x 26 in.; Frame dimensions 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Gallery C. Raleigh, North Carolina
From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, North Carolina

Exhibited:
Scent of the Pine, You Know How I Feel: North Carolina Art from the Jonathan P. Alcott Collection, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmvile, Virginia, 2014. (Illustrated in the accompanying catalogue). This exhibition traveled to the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2016.

Born in Kinston, NC, Pearson earned a reputation as a pioneer of Op Art. His work is present in many public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC.

A bright impression; no apparent condition concerns; not examined out of frame.