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George Overbury Pop HartHart was born in Cairo, Illinois, and for the most part was self-taught, although, he spent some time at the Chicago Art Institute and the Academie Julian in Paris. No doubt, his impatience with academic learning caused him to leave, but he was encouraged by, and learned from his artist friends.
Hart was more content living the simple life over affluence and critic recognition. The small amount of money he received from sign painting, and stage designs for movie sets, was used for his travels to warm and distant places. Traveling to Mexico, Central America, North Africa, the Caribbean and South Seas, Hart, experienced life with excitement, amusement, and empathy.
More than eighty prints portray his vagabond encounters on paper, in an experimental manner, rather than conventional. The use of broad strokes, liquid tusche washes, sandpaper, roulette, and monotype, helped to achieve a painter like quality in his work. Hart's images show exuberance in the everyday life of working people at cockfights, fiestas, outdoor markets, and leisure activities.
This was an artist that loved creating images, and the people, seen, in them.
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George Overbury Pop Hart
American (1868-1933)
Moonlight in Jungle
7-7/8 x 9-1/2 in.
Lithograph, 1924, edition limited but unknown. Newark Museum 228.
Signed on the stone, lower right; signed in pencil. Rubber stamp of "The
Downtown Gallery" on the verso. Illustrated in George Overbury "Pop"
Hart-His Life and Art, p.93, fig.97.
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George Overbury Pop Hart
American (1868-1933)
On an Excursion Boat, Coney Island
10-1/4 x 13-1/2 in.
Etching and aquatint, 1926, edition limited but unknown. Newark Museum 179.
Signed on the stone, lower left; signed in pencil. Rubber stamp of "The Downtown
Gallery" on the verso. Printed on wove lightweight paper. In good condition other
than a slight rippling of paper, lower left corner. Selected for Fine Prints of the
Year, 1925, pl.64.
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George Overbury Pop Hart
American (1868-1933)
Virginia Reel, Amusement Park
5-1/4 x 8-1/8 in.
Etching and aquatint, 1926, edition limited but unknown. Newark Museum 210.
Signed on the stone, lower left; signed in pencil. Printed on wove paper with
watermark, France. Illustrated in George Overbury "Pop" Hart-His Life and
Art, p.79, fig.74.
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George Overbury Pop Hart
American (1868-1933)
The Jury
12-1/4 x 17-1/2 in.
Photo-lithograph, 1927, edition limited but unknown. Newark Museum 245.
Signed on the stone, lower right; signed in pencil. Rubber stamp of "The
Downtown Gallery" on the verso. Illustrated in George Overbury "Pop"
Hart-His Life and Art, p.99, fig.105.
$450. |
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George Overbury Pop Hart
American (1868-1933)
Weighing and Matching the Birds
8-7/8 x 12-5/8 in.
Soft-ground etching and aquatint, 1928, an early state, edition about 10 or
less. Newark Museum 190. Titled in the plate; signed in pencil. Rubber stamp
of "The Downtown Gallery" on the verso. Selected for Fine Prints of the Year,
1928, pl.77.
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George Overbury Pop Hart
American (1868-1933)
Mr. American in France
12-1/2 x 14 in.
Lithograph, after 1928, edition 2/25. Newark Museum 230. Titled on the stone,
lower right; signed and numbered in pencil. Printed on wove paper with watermark,
France. Full margins. Illustrated in George Overbury "Pop" Hart-His Life
and Art, p.102, fig.111.
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