RICK BARTOW
Ship of Fools
Date: 1993
Dimensions: 26” x 40” (Art) / 29.75” x 43.75” (Frame)
Medium: Pastel, graphite on paper
Condition: Overall very good
Provenance:
– Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
– State of Oregon Collection
– Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama, Japan
– Trotta-Bono Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Rick Bartow’s boat carries figures caught in transformation. Human and animal forms merge without clear hierarchy. The drawing is physical – pastel pressed with restraint, graphite reworked. Bartow’s imagery is psychological but never abstracted from lived experience. The vessel reads as passage, burden, and reckoning simultaneously.
