Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) American, Limited Edition Lithograph. Title: "Cardinal Prism." Abstract image with the primary colors blending together. Signed, dated 1981, and numbered 46/94 in pencil bottom left. 

Overall Size: 39 1/2 x 48 3/8 in. 

Sight Size: 29 1/2 x 38 in. 

William Paul Jenkins, known professionally by his middle and last name, was born on July 12th, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, and showed artistic promise early on, working as a molder and sculptor in a ceramics factory during his teens and enrolling at the Kansas City Art Institute at just fourteen. After graduating in 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Air Corps and moved to New York City after the War to study at the Art Students League, and through the early 1950s he experimented widely with style and medium, influenced by artists such as Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Morris Kantor, emerging as a key figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement of the New York School. In 1953 Jenkins relocated to Paris with his first wife, Esther Ebenhoe, and their daughter, beginning a lifelong pattern of working between Paris and New York after his first solo exhibition the following year. With his second wife, artist Alice Baber, he helped develop the American Artists Center, which became influential in the rise of Postmodern art, and explored lithography, playwriting, and innovative pigment-layering techniques, later shifting from oil to acrylic and favoring an ivory knife over brushes. Returning to sculpture in the 1970s, he remained deeply engaged with artistic communities on both continents, with retrospectives, film appearances, teaching, and international exhibitions solidifying his reputation, and by his death on June 9th, 2012, Jenkins was recognized as a major force in American Lyrical Abstraction and French Tachisme.

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