Waiting
Date1975
Artist
Will R. Barnet
(American painter and printmaker, 1911–2012)
Publisher
Styria Studio Inc.
Illustration CitationKent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence (Lorillard Company, New York: 1975).
Medium11-color lithograph and screen print
Dimensionscomposition: 34 × 33 in. (86.4 × 83.8 cm)
sheet: 39 1/2 x 37 in. (100.3 x 94 cm)
sheet: 39 1/2 x 37 in. (100.3 x 94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc., 1975
Object number1975-134
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBarnet explains in accompanying text that these women are waiting together for their husbands out at sea. The artist locates the spirit of independence in the interdependence of the Atlantic world:“From late in the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century seafaring men on the New England coast contributed greatly to the growth and independence of our country by supplying the vital means of communication with the rest of the world. In Waiting, six women, shown in various stages of expectation, await the arrival of their loved ones.” - WB
