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MY FIRST TEN YEARS AT LITHOGRAPHY PRINTS by PRENTIS TAYLOR Howard University Gallery of Art Founders Library Washington D.C. From April 26 Through May 1942 THE LITHOGRAPHS of Printiss Taylor are very appealing to those of us who look for fine elements of design, subtle rhythms and well-balanced harmonies. He composes his pictures as a good architect designs a building, taking into consideration all of its component parts. The results are excellent. His prints are both objective and descriptive. They strike at the essence of character. With distinguished taste and selective power he chooses his motifs. In his lithograph Paving Cutters' Tents limp canvas is played against heavy solid blocks, and sharp accents of perpendicular poles--with artistry which might be compared to music. The dominant effect of brilliant sunshine sets a major key. Supper in Port is composed with equal skill. In this night scene a brilliant search light is directed on a dock before which fishing boats are at anchor. The perpendicular piles and masts are contrasted by the curves of hanging nets and the rectangular hatches on the boats. The composition is rich and in a minor key. These two prints are dated 1937 and 1938. Since then the artist has continued to grow, broadening his field of vision to include such varied subjects as The Service Club, In Whom I Am Well Pleased, and a number of characteristic Mexican scenes. His handling of the lithographic medium is effortless and competent. His felling for tone and color is subtle and sometimes brilliant. He never over-reaches the proper range of the surface print which is perfectly suited to this style. Prentiss Taylor's style is very marked. He had learned from the neoromantics and from the surrealists, but he had digested rather than borrowed. His is a sincere, individual graphic concept, of true aesthetic worth ADELYN D. BREESKIN, Curator BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART LITHOGRAPHS NEGRO HEAD ZULU CHIEF NAMEPLATE RUSTY & CORROSION ZULU WOMAN HAUTBOY HILL TRIBAL DANCE CIRCUS WAGON CHRIST IN ALABAMA TOWN OF SCOTTSBORO JAGUAR IN CHICHEN ITZA LOUISBURG SQUARE NEW HAMPSHIRE BARN CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY HORLBECK ALLEY ST. HELENA'S, BEAUFORT MASSYDONY, A.M.E. Collection, Howard University Gallery of Art ROXBURY FOUNDRY SEDGWICK HOUSE & DETAILS CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER GWYNN'S RUN, BALTIMORE SOUTHERN CROSS, ST. THOMAS SUPPER IN PORT PAVING CUTTERS' TENTS THE SERVICE CLUB CHRISTIANSTED PLAZA PRELUDES TO FINDLAND "PALETAS" PULQUERIA MORELLA AQUEDUCT The Prints are for sale. Prices will be given on request ALONZO J. ADEN Curator GALLERY HOURS: Week days, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Closed Sundays