Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton Maps devoid of any redeeming qualities

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Works that were contemporary and still unknown at the time of their purchase are now among the most treasured items

Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton Maps devoid of any redeeming qualitiesThis first ever book on the Bay Area Beat artist reveals a unique drawing style that dovetails Cocteau with Japanese and Renaissance printmaking Rick Barton should have been a San Francisco legend, declared author and artist Etel Adnan in a 1998 essay. Working primarily in pen or brush and ink in a kaleidoscopic linear style, Barton (192892), who was born and raised in New York and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s, ceaselessly