Bernard Childs
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Bernard Childs #23,674

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personAmerican, 1910–1985
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Selected Works11

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA
Frumenti
Frumenti, 1955
Acquired 1958
Engraving
MoMA
Arrival
Arrival, 1958
Acquired 1958
Engraving
Whitney
The Big Knife
The Big Knife, 1958
In museum collection
Oil on linen

Previous Sales

Roseberys · Artsy
A collection of twelve colour etchings
A collection of twelve colour etchings, 1967
Bidding closed
12 colour etchings on wove

For Sale

Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
Daedalus
Daedalus, 1963
US$2,500
Carborundum and epoxy on cut aluminum mounted on wood, printed on Arches wove paper.
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
Satellite I/I
Satellite I/I, 1963
US$5,000
Intaglio print from zinc plate cut and engraved with rotary saws, burrs, scraper, burnisher, drills, and files with gold metallic ink, made by the artist, and black and transparent white ink.
Kings Gallery · Artsy
Valley of the Sleeper
Valley of the Sleeper
US$5,000
Oil pastel on canvas
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
Frumenti
Frumenti, 1955
US$3,500
Color engraving on cream wove paper printed with redish-brown ink
Pettibone Fine Art · Artsy
La Rousse
La Rousse, 1966
For sale
Color intaglio
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
Jacob
Jacob, 1965
US$5,000
Oil and Graphite on Linen
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
The Chasm
The Chasm, 1967
US$2,000
Letterpress print made from a plate made by collage on a wood base
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Barcarolle
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.382.2 · Power tools and traditional engraving
Gift of Judith Childs, in memory of her husband, Bernard Childs, 2017
Barcarolle
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.382.1 · Power tools and traditional engraving
Gift of Judith Childs, in memory of her husband, Bernard Childs, 2017
The Mathematician
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2000 · Accession 2000.429 · Oil on canvas
Gift of Judith Childs, 2000
Little Sun
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1999.108.1 · Color engraving
Gift of Judith Childs, in honor of the friendship of Bernard Childs and Edward Coleman-Fitzgerald, 1999
Little Sun
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1999.110 · Color engraving
Gift of Edward Coleman-Fitzgerald,1999
Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center. January 1991 - August 1992
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1991 · Accession 1991.1373 · Offset lithograph
Gift of Judith Childs, 1991
Persephone
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1988 · Accession 1988.1119 · Power drypoint; first trial proof
John B. Turner Fund, 1988
The Receptive
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1974 · Accession 1974.36.38 · Color lithograph
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Bernhard.
Noel '74
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1974 · Accession 1974.680 · Metal relief
Gift of Bernard Childs, 1974
Magic Over the Mountain
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1969 · Accession 69.715 · metal relief
Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
The Island
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1967 · Accession 67.574 · Engraving
John B. Turner Fund, 1967
Frumenti
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1958 · Accession 318.1958 · Engraving
The Ingram Merrill Foundation Fund
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event
death
Bernard Childs dies
Jan 1, 1985
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birth
Bernard Childs born
Jan 1, 1910