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The Gas Meter In My Studio on Broome Street

Clayton Pond

Framed size: 26 in. (h) x 30.5 in. (w) x 1.5 in. (d)

$1,250.00

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Architecture and Design, Bright Colors, Contemporary, Decorative Accent, Figurative, Framed, Mid-Century Style, Pond, Post-War Twentieth Century, Prints & Multiples, Serigraph (Silkscreen), Social Commentary and History, Whimsy and Humor

About the work

Clayton Pond is an extraordinary artist, whose rich imagination is surpassed only by the richness of the ink on his serigraphs. The inventor of an entirely new way of producing serigraphs (commonly referred to as “silkscreens”), he achieves an incomparable glossiness and luminosity. He invented a method of stenciling whereby he gradually reduced the openings in the same stencil for each subsequent color. Pond’s printing process gave his prints a tactile relief surface by printing each new color layered on top of the previous one.

As a second-generation Pop artist, Pond uses a great deal of high-energy color, often outlining his objects in contrasting colors. He is interested in recording the obsessions and possessions of Americans. His early prints were close-up depictions of domestic objects such as toasters, telephones, and toilet seats, and, in this case, the gas meter in his apartment. As Pond put it, “This print of a gas meter exemplifies the artist’s interest in monumentalizing every day man-made objects.”

Attributes	Value
Condition	Excellent Condition
Date	1960-1970
Type	Modern Print-Makers
Framing	Custom framed and matted using conservation materials
Medium	Serigraph in Colors
Signing, Dating, and Titling	Hand signed by the Artist