A collection of 4 James Joseph Kearns Expressionist lithographs depict figures in various settings, circa 1954 Measures: 1: 11.5" H x 9.75" W, 2: 9.75" H x 9.75" W, 3: 10" H x 8.25" W, 4: 11.5" H x 9.5" W Additional information: Kearns, James Joseph 'James Kearns' (Scranton, Pennsylvania, born, 1924) Date: circa 1960-1970 Medium: Original Lithograph Publisher: Associated American Artists, New York Edition: Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions. Note: James Joseph Kearns 'James Kearns': An outstanding modern American sculptor, painter and printmaker, James Kearns studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University and at the University of Chicago from 1946-1951. Kearns's first one man exhibition took place in New York in 1956 and since that time his sculptures, paintings, lithographs and etchings have been included in exhibitions at the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Whitney Museum in New York. In 2006, the Rider University Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, New Jersey held an exhibition that showcased a retrospective of Fifty-Plus Years of James Kearn's drawings and paintings. Museums that have purchased his art include the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. In 1960, Jim Kearns became a professor at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He has also illustrated a number of important books, including, Can these Bones Live (1960) and The Heart of Beethoven (1962).