Rick Bartow
Rhinoceros, 1979-1980
graphite on cotton rag paper
paper 24 x 19 in
Maple Frame 29 x 23 inches
Maple Frame 29 x 23 inches
BAR3269_SM
Copyright R.E. Bartow Trusts
$ 6,400.00
Bartow made this self portrait drawing after watching the play 'Rhinocerous,' by French avant-garde playright Eugène Ionesco (written 1959). The Red Octopus Theater Company staged the play at the Marine...
Bartow made this self portrait drawing after watching the play "Rhinocerous," by French avant-garde playright Eugène Ionesco (written 1959). The Red Octopus Theater Company staged the play at the Marine Sciences Center in Newport, OR. Bartow was a constant reader, this is one of the earliest known examples of Bartow's "transformation" type drawing and taking inspiration from literature for his art. Framed with natural maple, rag mat and UV3 Plex.
