HAROLD TOWN "LAGOON" SINGLE AUTOGRAPHIC PRINT, 1956Harold Town (1924 1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group. While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of artists who simply attended their first meeting) his output was diverse, ever changing and not restricted to painting. Somewhat ironically, Town's first significant body of work, which established his reputation, was a group of monoprints which he called "Single Autographic

It is a testament to General Idea's power that this piece remains topical

The sculpture was commissioned by the US government in celebration of the country's 200th birthday and the "Art in Architecture" program

and then manipulates it digitally before creating a new contemporary descendant

5"W 24"H (framed)

Humor is an essential element of Pachter's oeuvre

the reader is to consider the urgent necessity of social change

to our knowledge it is his only depiction of a bird

and the response

dated and numbered in the margin

the MoMA examples which total 86 lines

and "Associates" (2012)

printed on friendly or calm colored papers