Gary Bukovnik, Iris, 1996

Description

This artwork titled "Iris" 1996 is a original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born … more This artwork titled "Iris" 1996 is a original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 131/135 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 25 x 12 inches, sheet size is 28.75 x 15.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed.

About the artist.

Born and educated in Cleveland Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for over 25 years. Primarily using the mediums of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik creating colorful floral images of great depth and intensity.
Bukovnik collaborates with Trillium Press, whose owner and master printer, David Salgado, studied at the Tamarind Workshop, formerly in Los Angeles.
In 2003, the American Academy in Rome invited Bukovnik to attend the academy as a Visiting Artist for six weeks. He was asked to attend a second session in February 2005. In 2001, he was selected to create a poster for the prestigious List Collection, which creates posters to commemorate programs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. Lincoln Center past contributors have included Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray, and Donald Sultan. The work of Gary Bukovnik is held in public and private collections worldwide.

Selected Museums
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario The Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Dallas Museum of Art
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Frye Art Museum, Seattle
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis, California The New York Public Library
Oakland Museum of California
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson University of California, Berkeley Art Museum

Selected public collections
ALZA Corporation, Mountain View
ART In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State
AT&T, New York
Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles
BankAmerica Corporation, Charlotte
Citigroup, New York
Cleveland Institute of Music
Clorox Company, Oakland
Comerica Bank, Costa Mesa & San Jose
H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh
Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Chicago
IBM, Atlanta, New York, San Francisco
KPMG LLP, Atlanta
Lincoln Center/List Collection, New York
Macy's California, San Francisco
MetLife, New York
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
MGM Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas
MBNA Corporation, Wilmington
Neiman Marcus, Dallas
San Francisco Symphony
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., Atlanta
3M Company, Minneapolis
Time, Inc., New York
United Airlines, San Francisco
Westin Bonaventure, Los AngelesContinue Reading less