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Hebru Brantley — SMILE (Yellow)
Hebru Brantley

SMILE (Yellow)

Hebru Brantley's SMILE (Yellow) presents a luminous study in chromatic restraint and gestural immediacy. This 6-color hand-pulled screenprint showcases the artist's signature character rendered in a warm, optimistic palette that prioritizes the brilliance of yellow as both background and emotional anchor. The work demonstrates the technical precision required in screenprinting while maintaining the spontaneous energy characteristic of Brantley's practice, where each layer of color builds toward a final composition that feels simultaneously deliberate and intuitive. The generous sheet size of 28 by 24 inches allows the viewer to experience the subtle variations in ink density and the subtle interactions between colors that distinguish hand-pulled editions from mechanical reproduction. This artist's proof sits apart from the strictly limited box set edition of 25, offering collectors an opportunity to acquire a unique iteration of a work that exemplifies Brantley's continued exploration of joy, resilience, and visual accessibility in contemporary practice. The SMILE portfolio itself represents a significant body of work that extends the artist's dialogue with color theory and printmaking traditions while maintaining the distinctive graphic clarity for which his practice is recognized. The combination of edition status, handmade process, and thematic consistency positions this work as a valuable entry point for collectors seeking to understand Brantley's evolution within the print medium.

Medium
Hebru Brantley, SMILE (Yellow), 2019 SMILE Portfolio, 2019, Signed, 6-color hand-pulled screenprint, Edition AP aside from the box set edition of 25, 28" x 24" Sheet Size

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Hebru Brantley, SMILE (Yellow)

Hebru Brantley's SMILE (Yellow) presents a luminous study in chromatic restraint and gestural immediacy. This 6-color hand-pulled screenprint showcases the artist's signature character rendered in a warm, optimistic palette that prioritizes the brilliance of yellow as both background and emotional anchor. The work demonstrates the technical precision required in screenprinting while maintaining the spontaneous energy characteristic of Brantley's practice, where each layer of color builds toward a final composition that feels simultaneously deliberate and intuitive. The generous sheet size of 28 by 24 inches allows the viewer to experience the subtle variations in ink density and the subtle interactions between colors that distinguish hand-pulled editions from mechanical reproduction. This artist's proof sits apart from the strictly limited box set edition of 25, offering collectors an opportunity to acquire a unique iteration of a work that exemplifies Brantley's continued exploration of joy, resilience, and visual accessibility in contemporary practice. The SMILE portfolio itself represents a significant body of work that extends the artist's dialogue with color theory and printmaking traditions while maintaining the distinctive graphic clarity for which his practice is recognized. The combination of edition status, handmade process, and thematic consistency positions this work as a valuable entry point for collectors seeking to understand Brantley's evolution within the print medium.

Medium
Hebru Brantley, SMILE (Yellow), 2019 SMILE Portfolio, 2019, Signed, 6-color hand-pulled screenprint, Edition AP aside from the box set edition of 25, 28" x 24" Sheet Size
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Georgetown Frame Shoppe, Washington, D.C., United States

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