The United Gas Pipe Line Company Collection

UGPL 0084 Boynton, James, Bon a Tirer, P/P, serigraph, 30½” x 22½,” 1970

UGPL 0085 Boynton, James, Bon a Tirer, P/P, serigraph, 30½” x 22½,” 1970

UGPL 0113 Boynton, James, Bon a Tirer, P/P, serigraph, 30½” x 22½,” 1970

UGPL 0114 Boynton, James, Bon a Tirer, P/P, serigraph, 30½” x 22½,” 1970

Jack Boynton (1928- )

Written in 1976 for the catalog and reproduced as printed, with spelling corrected. Not current.

A white field—one section as if the paper were cut and rolled away to reveal a gash of flame-red desert sky; a keyhole view of the sea, and a field of wheat, a loop of paper; these studies in illusion and reality, in the surrealistic optical juxtapositions of imagery, reveal a fascination with the contradictions of contemplation for which Boynton is known.

Boynton’s work has been seen in literally hundreds of distinguished one-man and group exhibitions in all parts of the world. His career began with his education at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where he was awarded a BFA degree in 1949 and an MFA in 1955. He was born on January 12, 1928, in Fort Worth, and now lives in Houston, where he is represented in a number of collections.

Boynton was awarded a fellowship to the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in the summer of 1967; his work in printmaking has led to a number of prestigious awards. Public collections that own his work include the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, and Whitney Museums; the Wadsworth Atheneum; the Houston Museum of Fine Arts; the Houston Contemporary Art Museum; the Los Angeles County Museum; Pasadena and La Jolla Museums; the U.C.L.A. Grunwald print collection; and the Philadelphia Museum.

From The Art Collection of United Gas Pipe Line Company (Houston, 1976), curated by Susan Rush.