Jim Kempner Fine Art will present the exhibition, Now & Then, which will focus on the changes that have occured in the prints of a select group of contemporary artists who have, over the past 30 or 40 years, made printmaking an integral part of their artistic ouvre. This presentation will give the viewer an opportunity to compare and study an artist's initial explorations in a given print medium to his/her later work. Installed, side by side, will be an example of an early and recent editioned print by the following artists: Robert Rauschenberg, Brice Marden, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Jennifer Bartlett, Elizabeth Murray, Robert Motherwell and others.

An example of our selection can be found in the presentation of prints by Robert Rauschenberg. Front Roll, a beautiful two-color lithograph from stone, was published by ULAE in 1964. It was printed in two runs on white wove paper and measures 41 1/4 x 29 13/16", from an edition of 39. It will be installed with a current print from the same publisher titled Storyline, 1997, from the Ground Rules series, an intaglio,47 1/2 x 37 1/2", from an edition of 44.

The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street in Chelsea, northwest corner of Tenth Avenue.

Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6; and Sunday from 12-5. Telephone: (212) 206-6872.