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Barbara Swan

American

1922-2003

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  1. Barbara Swan

    Elbert Weinberg, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Lithograph on paper

    21.6875 x 29.75 in (55.09 x 75.57 cm)

  2. Barbara Swan

    Harold Tovish, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Lithograph on paper

    30.3125 x 22.125 in (76.99 x 56.2 cm)

  3. For The Year of the Insane by Barbara Swan, Image 1.

    Barbara Swan

    For The Year of the Insane, 1969

    Lithograph on paper with poem by Anne Sexton

    29.5 x 21.25 in (74.93 x 53.98 cm)

  4. Barbara Swan

    Sig Abeles, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Etching on paper

    29.75 x 22.25 in (75.57 x 56.52 cm)

  5. Barbara Swan

    Michael Mazur, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Etching on paper

    29.6875 x 22 in (75.41 x 55.88 cm)

  6. Barbara Swan

    Self Portrait, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Etching on paper

    29.75 x 22.125 in (75.57 x 56.2 cm)

  7. Barbara Swan

    Arthur Polonsky, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Lithograph on paper

    29.875 x 21.9375 in (75.88 x 55.72 cm)

  8. Barbara Swan

    Bernard Chaet, Friends of the Artist, 1970

    Etching on paper

    29.625 x 22.375 in (75.25 x 56.83 cm)

Received her B.A. in art history from Wellesley College and also studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Worked in France for two years with funding from a Museum of Fine arts Fellowship. Later married Alan Fink in 1952. Became well known in Boston during the 1950s. Collaborated with the poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin. Illustrated several of Sexton’s books and Kumin’s Pulitzer-winning book Up Country.