I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum.

“The Morgan Library & Museum presents Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton. The first museum exhibition dedicated to this largely undiscovered, yet extraordinary and origi…

Rick Barton (1928–1992), Hands and Flowers, plates 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 , San Francisco: Porpoise Bookshop, 1960 , 11 linoleum block prints in portfolio, edition of 80 , Private collection

I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum.

“The Morgan Library & Museum presents Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton. The first museum exhibition dedicated to this largely undiscovered, yet extraordinary and origi…

At the end of the first installment of this series on an exhibition in progress, I had discovered, to my horror, that the most robust source available on the subject of an obscure artist named Rick Barton—an essay by Dave Archer (née David Nelson)—had been removed from the Internet.

I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum.

Rick Barton (1928–1992), Central Market, Los Angeles, March 25, 1960 , Pen and ink , Rick Barton papers, UCLA Library Special Collections

“The Morgan Library & Museum presents Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton. The first museum exhibition dedicated to this largely undiscovered, yet extraordinary and origi…

I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum.

Rick Barton (1928–1992), Again the Angel of the Celestial Bells, August 15, 1960 , Pen and ink , Rick Barton papers, UCLA Library Special Collections

The Morgan Library & Museum’s “Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton” features over 60 never-before-seen works. On view in NYC through September 11.

Rick Barton , La Reina de Mexico, 2017.278

Rick Bartow Rick Bartow, Little Bear, 2003, monotype, via A Long Time Alone Rick Bartow Rick Bartow, Crow Magic, 2015 Rick Bartow Rick Bartow Rick Bartow, Wind Over Cantebury Rick Bartow, Bird-in-Hat Rick Bartow, Facing Left Raven Rick Bartow Rick Bartow Rick Bartow, Give Me Back My Father Rick Bartow Rick Bartow Rick Bartow Works by Native American artist Rick Bartow of Wiyot and Yurok heritage (b. 1946)-

(by Ken Barton June 1987)

Rick Barton (1928–1992), Flowers, a First Coloring Book , San Francisco: Porpoise Bookshop, 1960 , 24 linoleum block prints on double leaves, edition of 80 , Private collection

Rick Barton (1928–1992), After Poussin, 1962 , Graphite and brush and blue ink , Rick Barton papers, UCLA Library Special Collections

Rick Barton (1928–1992), Untitled [Porpoise Bookshop, San Francisco], December 1958 , Pen and ink , Rick Barton papers, UCLA Library Special Collections

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