James Joseph Kearns “Despondent Man” Etching

James Joseph Kearns (b. 1924) etching, signed at dated “1957.” Depicts a man with hollow eyes and a despondent expression with a hand outstretched. Similar to many of his works, there is a malaise or hopelessness to the subjects that gives them almost an alien, inhuman aesthetic.
Framed, but does not include easel.

H 13.75″ x W 10.75″ x D 1″

Artist Bio:
James Joseph Kearns ‘James Kearns’ (1924-): An outstanding modern American sculptor, painter and printmaker, James Kearns studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University and at the University of Chicago from 1946-1951. Kearns’s first one man exhibition took place in New York in 1956 and since that time his sculptures, paintings and etchings have been included in exhibitions at the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts and at the Whitney Museum in New York. In 2006, the Rider University Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, New Jersey held an exhibition that showcased a retrospective of Fifty-Plus Years of James Kearn’s drawings and paintings. Museums that have purchased his art include the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. The ‘Fine Art Museum at the Western Carolina University’ lists an impression of “Man on Stilts” in their collection. The ‘Butler Institute of American Art Museum’ also lists an impression of “Man on Stilts” in their collection, Accession No. 968-P-213. In 1960, Kearns became a professor at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He has also illustrated a number of important books, including, Can these Bones Live (1960) and The Heart of Beethoven (1962).