George Tooker (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)
Dreamer
Embossing on cream wove paper
1975
Signed in pencil, lower right
Numbered 85/100 in pencil, lower left
Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches (17 3/4 x 25 1/2 cm)
Full margins
Matted
In overall good condition
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In George Tooker's print "Dreamer," it is hard to differentiate between the subject and the surroundings. Because the print is entirely an embossing, what distinguishes the subject, and keeps the form from entirely drowning into the backdrop, is Tooker’s use of three dimensional space. The dreamer is simultaneously immersed in his dream and the present reality.

This embossing on cream wove paper from 1975 is signed and numbered 85/100 in pencil, lower left and measures 7 x 10 inches (17 3/4 x 25 1/2 cm) with full margins.

George Tooker (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)

George Clair Tooker Jr. was born on Aug. 5, 1920, in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island, in Bellport, where he studied painting with a local artist. For his parents, he attended Harvard after attending Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass where he studied English but continued to draw and do watercolor. At the Art Students League, New York, he met the painters Paul Cadmus and Reginald Marsh who later introduced him to Jared French. Known for Symbolism and Surrealist Realism Tooker spent his summers on the beaches and winters in the city, all in New York. His magical imagery was coming from his personal experiences with his partner William Christopher and group of friends later known as “the Circle”. He lived out the rest of his life enjoying Spain and is survived by his sister in Brooklyn.