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Jules OlitskiBeauty of Angels1989
1989
$3,600
£2,742.50
€3,162.52
CA$5,099.49
A$5,475.57
CHF 2,946.30
MX$64,798.05
NOK 37,118.04
SEK 33,853.73
DKK 23,629.67
About the Item
Jules Olitski (1922-1977) is one of the most collected and accomplished artists associated with the color-field movement, if not 20th-century American abstraction.
Possibly one of the most "demanding" abstract artists - appreciating Olitski is not always easy.
At first glance, some dismiss his work as simply being a mass or spray of color.
But Olitski requires you to get up close to the work, to lose yourself in the color, to consider how its created and contained on the picture plane...He wants the viewer to think about the conventions and strategies used by his contemporaries and predecessors active in abstraction.
Around 1964, Olitski had a major creative/technical breakthrough. Using industrial equipment, he began spraying the paint on his canvases, creating works that were highly innovative and nuanced while continuing (and challenging) the tradition of Abstract Expressionism's "all-over" surfaces.
While Oltiski's work from the 1980s and early 1990s is typically characterized by frenetic swirls and interlocking forms created with heavy impasto and thick brushwork, this print from 1989 is a paradigm of Olitski's revolutionary spray technique.
Unlike some of his contemporaries, associated with the color field painting, Olitksi only completed a small number of prints.
"Beauty of Angels"
USA, 1989
Aquatint and dremel
Signed, numbered and dated '89 by the artist.
From an edition of 50.
21.25"H 28"W (work)
Very good condition.
- Creator:Jules Olitski (1922-2007, American)
- Creation Year:1989
- Dimensions:Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)
- More Editions Sizes:Edition of 50Price: $3,600
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 5-221stDibs: LU215210135772
Jules Olitski
Jules Olitski was an abstract Color Field painting in the mid-1960s, Olitski focused on the material qualities of surface and color in painting, rather than the personal expression of the artist. He pioneered a technique using an industrial spray gun to lightly apply paint on unprimed canvas, creating an effect of hazy color suspended midair. Even after returning to the brush, Olitski maintained this airy interaction of color and light. Olitski represented the United States in the 1966 Venice Biennale, and was given the first solo exhibition for a living American artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969.
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