Material
Silkscreen, Mulberry paper
About
Surreal contemporary silkscreen on Korean Kozo paper of a man next to a floating onion by New York artist Donald Baechler. Part of a series of works incorporating male portraits and onions, this piece incorporates line drawings of a pitcher and a ship. Along the left side of the composition a small quote can be found stating: "Hell is paved with good intentions." Signed, titled, dated, and editioned 36/50 in front lower right corner. Currently hung in a simple black floating frame.
Artist Biography
Donald Baechler, born 1956, was a member of the East Village art scene in 1980s New York and is known for his painting-collage-drawing works depicting of childhood imagery and nostalgic ephemera like grammar school primers, old maps, and children’s drawings, or purposely cliché motifs such as a skull, a rose, a globe, and a soccer ball. Although critics have suggested that Baechler’s work, reminiscent of Jean Dubuffet, is a critique of innocence and sincerity, Baechler sees himself as an abstract artist whose concerns are primarily formal, rooted in line, shape, color, and composition.
Dimensions With Frame
H 34.25 in. x W 34.25 in. x D 1.38 in.
Dimensions Without Frame
H 29.63 in. x W 29.63 in.
![“Onion Eater III” Neutral Toned Surreal Contemporary Abstract Silkscreen 1991](https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=320&s=95ac7bea4acdb5206ae4e98d27b5406c 320w, https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=540&s=daa20ebcffa31cf693f771908f1b3e60 540w, https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=768&s=3e45439adcfa28a866aa60cfa0001209 768w, https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=1024&s=ed476bf9b7fff5dc437fd0b196a0422b 1024w, https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=1200&s=9eb678a03e81ce1923170ccb0056db7e 1200w, https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=1440&s=81dfeb3890ad447f4e997a5dcc1dad2a 1440w, https://reevesantiques.imgix.net/media/CA207.2022.0215.3528.3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=90&w=1920&s=fcf83aba9475eeb94be120d8714c401d 1500w)