About the work

Paul Allen Reed is one of the founding artists of the Washington Color School. He was a native Washingtonian, leaving only for a short time spent in San Diego and eight years in New York City before returning to DC. He, Gene Davis, Jacob Kainen, and Howard Mehring were all close friends, and together they brought international attention to Washington’s art scene.

In 1979-80 Reed was a visiting professor at Arizona State University, where he made this print.

This lithograph builds on and evolves from the oil pastels which he began doing in 1973 when he moved from a large studio in Washington back to a small space in his home in northern Arlington. As is almost always true of works by Reed, it is as much about color as it is about shape and space.

Professionally framed using strictly conservation-grade materials in a custom-made aluminum frame with seamless corners of the sort invented by New York frame maker Robert Kulicke behind 99% UV-blocking art glass.