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The history of Haskell’s first lithograph, Lady with bonnet, exemplifies American success with lithography abroad. Haskell purchased cheap, “tiny little stones” in Paris and found a collaborator willing to publish his work.
This print was published as an original composition along with "The Tree of Eternal Beauty" (displayed nearby) in a feature article about the artist. The image showcases Haskell’s broadening skill while justifying artistic lithography’s champions. Haskell’s crayon strokes are texturally nuanced in a way that his pen drawings cannot match, and the results could be produced in multiple copies that would allow the artist to promote his work.
Haskell continued to build on this strong foundation. By the following year, he was capable of printing lithographs for himself. His youthful ambition and technical ingenuity would thrill American critics when Haskell returned to the United States.
KG, How He Was to His Talents exhibition, March 24, 2011-August 7, 2011
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