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"Tempole" Seymour Franks, Bright Red and Yellow, Abstract Mid-Century Painting
By Seymour Franks
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Tempole, 1948
Signed lower right; signed, dated, titled on verso
Oil on canvas
35 x 42 inches
American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York Ci...
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1940s Abstract Seymour Franks Art
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"No. 4" Seymour Franks, Mid-Century Abstract Modernist Lilac, Blue Composition
By Seymour Franks
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
No. 4, 1952
Signed upper left
Dated on verso
Oil on canvas
American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York City in 1916.
Seymour Franks contracte...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Seymour Franks Art
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"Untitled" Seymour Franks, Mid-Century Abstract Swirling Composition
By Seymour Franks
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Untitled, circa 1948
Signed lower right
Mixed media on panel
15 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches
Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, originated from New York City, where he was born in 19...
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1940s Abstract Seymour Franks Art
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Mixed Media, Panel
"Duo" Seymour Franks, Mid-Century, Red and Green, Abstract Composition
By Seymour Franks
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Duo, 1947
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
44 x 37 inches
Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, originated from New York City, where he was born in 1916. At just 16 y...
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Abstract Expressionist Painting
The Crimson Flare
1961
By Seymour Franks
Located in Surfside, FL
From the estate of the artist William Littlefield
Seymour Franks 1916-1981
American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York City in 1916.He studied at the National Academy of Design.
Franks, exhibited at: the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in1944, 1954; The Whitney Museum of American Art, from 1946-48, 1950, 1952; the Brooklyn Museum, 1949, 1951; Art Institute of Chicago in 1947; Peridot Gallery, 1948, 1950-55; University of Nebraska, 1951; and had a solo show at the University of Illinois in 1952.
Established in 1948 on N.Y.’s thriving 9th ST., the Peridot Gallery was an early supporter of American avant-garde art. It staged both Louise Bourgeois & Philip Guston’s first one-person shows as well as the American premiere exhibition of Medardo Rosso...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Seymour Franks Art
Materials
Oil
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