Early Autumn
1971 · Screenprint
Sheet 18 1/16 x 24 1/16" (45.9 x 61.1 cm)Comp. 15 9/16 x 22" (39.5 x 55.8 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Ken Danby
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Ken Danby was a Canadian painter known for meticulously detailed realist works that often depicted everyday scenes and portraits with photographic precision. Working primarily in acrylic, he developed a distinctive approach to light and surface texture that emphasized the material specificity of objects and figures. His practice emerged within postwar Canadian art and focused on the careful observation of ordinary life rendered with technical mastery.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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