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Since I last posted about Barnett and Claudia Freedman, I have found out a bit more about Barnett Freedman, and acquired some more of his work. Barnett Freedman is I think underestimated as an artist, precisely because of the thing that makes him most interesting, which is his devotion to lithography as a means of mass distribution of original fine art. He was not really interested in producing signed limited editions of 20 prints for connoisseurs. As he argues in his article �Autolithography or Substitute Works of Art� in The Penrose Annual in 1950: �While limited editions of hand-pulled proofs account for most of their work to date, autolithography specifically planned for machine production is�in the opinion of the present writer�the real sphere for the future activities of artists who are prepared to overcome the difficulties of working in close co-operation with publishers and printing houses.� Barnett Freedman, Self-portrait at the lithographic stone Drawing, 1938 Barnett Freedm