Jennifer Bartlett (1941-2022) Seasons: 4 Fall from Seasons series, 1990 Pastel on paper 31-1/2 x 31-1/2 inches (80.0 x 80.0 cm) (sheet) Titled on the reverse: Seasons: 4 Fall Proceeds will benefit Duke University's School of Nursing PROVENANCE: Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; Private collection, New York, acquired from the above. Part of Bartlett's Seasons series from the early 1990s, Seasons: 4 Fall offers a vibrant meditation on transformation, decay, and renewal. Rendered in vivid pastel, the work layers symbolic elements—a human skeleton, a grid of windows, blooming and fading flora—with an emotional intensity that merges personal reflection and universal themes. The red chest in the foreground acts as a possible stand-in for memory, containment, or even loss, while the skeletal figure evokes the inevitable passage of time. Behind it all, the grid—a motif Bartlett returned to throughout her career—grounds the image in structure and repetition, even as nature and mortality press in from the edges. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice