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Untitled (Still Life)
2001 · etching, aquatint, and softground etching
Sheet: 47.5 x 57 cm (18 11/16 x 22 7/16 in.); Platemark: 27.7 x 37.7 cm (10 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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William Bailey
American, 1930
Council Bluffs, United States
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19
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25
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William Bailey was an American painter known for spare, geometrically ordered still lifes and interior scenes rendered in muted tones and classical compositions. Working primarily in oil, he developed a distinctive approach to form and light that emphasized clarity of structure over decorative surface. His practice, rooted in careful observation and restraint, sustained a commitment to figuration and ordered space throughout the postwar period and beyond.
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