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3 Part Variation No. 11 - Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Shaped Panels, 2017
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"3 Part Variation No. 11” is a bold, vibrant acrylic on canvas in three shaped wooden panels by American Contemporary Abstract painter, Joanna Pousette-Dart. The artwork is signed ve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Constellation Blue Violet Green Red - Post War Abstract Shaped Acrylic Painting
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Constellation Blue Violet Green Red” is a Post-War Abstract, shaped canvas painting by Hard-Edge American Painter, Leon Polk Smith. The artwork is signed verso, “Leon Polk Smith Con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled - Bold
Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, 1954
By Raymond Parker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Untitled” is a vibrant, abstract oil on canvas painting in bold, bright colors by American Abstract Expressionist painter, Ray Parker. The artwork is signed upper right, "Parker 54"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl in White (Seated Figure) - American Impressionist Portrait Painting, 1896
By Frank Weston Benson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Girl in White (Seated Figure) from 1896 is an elegant example of Frank Bensons gift for intimate portraiture, rendered with a refined palette and a masterful command of light and tex...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
9000 and 9 Nights - Bright Colorful Abstract Painting, 11981
By Hassel Smith
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Hassel Smith. "9000 and 9 Nights" is an abstract, acrylic and graphite on canvas executed in a bright palette primarily of yellow, sky blues, greens and deep salmon and...
Category
1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Ohne Titel (Merzbild Mit Schuhsohle) - Abstract Post War Oil Relief, 1945
By Kurt Schwitters
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Ohne Titel (Merzbild Mit Schuhsohle) (Untitled (Merz Picture with Shoe Sole))" is an abstract Post War oil and relief assemblage on plywood painting made by Kurt Schwitters in 1945....
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Untitled (Black and White Composition) - Abstract Acrylic Painting, 1988
By Sam Francis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Sam Francis. "Untitled (Black and White Composition)" is an abstract expressionism painting, acrylic on paper executed in black and white by American Post-War artist Sa...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Translumina - Geometric Op Art Acrylic Painting on Wood, 1988
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Translumina" is an abstract Post War acrylic on wood painting by Richard Anuszkiewicz in 1988. The artwork is 48 x 48 in. It is signed verso, "Richard Anuszkiewicz 1988”
Provenance...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Alte Fischerhutten - Expressionist Oil Painting of Fisherman’s Village, 1949
By Max Pechstein
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Alte Fischerhütten (1949) by Max Pechstein is an oil on canvas in which the artist transforms a humble cluster of weathered fishing huts into a study of light, form, and atmosphere. Broad, rhythmic brushstrokes delineate the worn timbers and thatched roofs, while a sky streaked with lavender and rose imbues the scene with a quiet, almost meditative luminosity. Pechstein's bold outlines and flattened perspective are tempered by a late-career restraint, allowing the simple geometry of dunes, huts, and sea to resonate with an almost timeless calm. The artwork is signed lower right, "HMPechstein 1949" and signed verso, "Alte Fischerhütten 1949 HMPechstein”
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe
Lempertz, Cologne, June 15, 1966, lot 531
Selected Artists Galleries, New York, acquired by 1970
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above
Private Collection, by descent from above
Phillips, New York, Wednesday, November 15, 2023, lot 123
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Literature:
Aya Soika, Max Pechstein The Catalgoue raisonne of oil paintings, Volume II 1919–1954, Munich, 2011, no. 1949/12, p. 490, illustrated
Hermann Max Pechstein was born on December 31, 1881, in Zwickau, into a working-class family headed by his father, a textile-mill craftsman. Drawn to art early on, he apprenticed as a decorative painter from 1896 to 1900 before enrolling at Dresden’s School of Applied Arts and, from 1902, studying under Otto Gussmann at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His academic grounding—unique among his future peers—laid a solid foundation for the bold, expressive work that would follow.
In 1906 Erich Heckel invited Pechstein to join Die Brücke, the pioneering Expressionist collective, and he quickly became one of its most active members. Exposure to ethnographic wood carvings in Dresden in 1905 spurred his first woodcuts, and travels to Italy (1907) and Paris (1908)—where he befriended the Fauvist Kees van Dongen—expanded his palette and compositional daring. After relocating to Berlin in 1908, he co-founded the New Secession in 1910, serving as its chairman and gaining acclaim for richly colored prints inspired by Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves.
With the outbreak of World War I, Pechstein’s peripatetic life took him from internment in Japan to service on the Western Front in 1916. In the revolution’s aftermath, he aligned with radical socialist art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
House in the Countryside - Impressionist Oil Painting, c. 1888
By Piet Mondrian
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist's pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian's early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. The artwork is signed lower right, "Piet Mondrian”
Provenance:
Dutch Estate, 1982
Katharine and Nicholas Fox Weber Collection
Exhibition:
London, David Zwirner, Piet Mondrian: Painting 1900-1905, November 26, 2015-January 23, 2016
Literature:
Robert Welsh...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (The Saint-Germain-en-Laye Viaduct)
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Maurice de Vlaminck’s Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (circa 1910-1911), an arresting oil on canvas framed in ornate gold, captures the industrial elegance of a viaduct west of Pa...
Category
1910s Cubist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Raymond Parker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a watercolor painting by Raymond Parker. This work was painted in 1979, and is inscribed in pencil in the lower middle, "For Pat <3 RP 1979". The framed size is 25 1/4 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Quart and a Half
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Soucoupes Volantes (Saucers)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Soucoupes Volantes (Saucers)" is an abstract Post War gouache painting by Alexander Calder in 1965. The artwork is 42 1/4 x 29 5/8 inches and is 49 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches with ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Zoo
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Zoo" is an abstract Post War oil on panel painting by Hans Hofmann in 1944. The artwork is 21 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches and, with the frame, is 22 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 2 inches.
"The Zoo...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$380,000
Abstraktes Bild 758-2
By Gerhard Richter
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Abstraktes Bild 758-2" is an oil on canvas painting by Gerhard Richter. The framed size is 28 1/4 x 36 x 2 1/2 inches. The work is signed verso, "Richter 1992".
"Abstraktes Bilds" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No. 36
By Karl Benjamin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Karl Benjamin. “No. 36” is a hard edge, geometric abstract oil on canvas in a palette of dark blues and greens. The artwork is signed verso, "#36 1964 Karl Benjamin."
...
Category
1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$60,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Palmyra
By Valerie Jaudon
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Valerie Jaudon. "Palmyra" is an abstract, oil on canvas painting by Valerie Jaudon. Using just three colors of bright red and orange, interwoven lines on a black background, Jaudon employs crisp precision making the lines of color appear almost carved into canvas. "Palmyra" recalls gothic stonework, celtic interlace, islamic ornament...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$85,000
Untitled (Red Desert Study)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Joanna Pousette-Dart. “Untitled (Red Desert Study)” is an abstract acrylic on board painting in a palette of vibrant colors by Contemporary Abstract painter, Joanna Pou...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Sadamasa Motonaga. This Untitled, abstract, oil on canvas painting in executed in a lush and thick palette of primarily reds, greens, o...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$172,000 Sale Price
37% Off
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Sadamasa Motonaga. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, acrylic on board with cotton cloth in a bold palette or purples, reds, and blues...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Board
$115,000
Stripes
By Kenneth Noland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A monotype on Japanese handmade paper by Kenneth Noland. “Stripes” is an abstract, unique monotype print, in a palette of pastel colors by American abstract artist, Kenneth Noland. T...
Category
1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Handmade Paper, Monotype
$10,000
Chevron
By Kenneth Noland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A geometric abstract monotype on Japanese handmade paper mounted on board by Post War artist Kenneth Noland.
Provenance:
Experimental Workshop;
Private Collection.
Category
1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Handmade Paper, Monotype
$10,000
Phenomena with Black Anadem
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Paul Jenkins. "Phenomena with Black Anadem" is an abstract painting, ink, acrylic, and oil on canvas in a palette of dark blues and black by American, Abstract Expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Crucifix
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Crucifix" is an abstract Post War oil over monotype painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1981. The artwork is 11 x 7 5/8 inches and, with the frame, is 14 1/4 x 10 3/8 x 3/4 inches. It is ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Monotype
Untitled, Figure Study
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled, Figure Study" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper paintings by Hans Burkhardt in 1967. The artwork is 21 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 28 3/4...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled (Abstract Figure Study)
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled (Abstract Figure Study)" is an abstract figurative Post War mixed media on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1979. The artwork is 22 1/2 x 15 inches and, with the frame, ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled, portrait of artist in studio
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled, portrait of artist in studio" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1971. The artwork is 25 x 19 1/2 inches and, with the frame,...
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Girl with Muff
By Robert Henri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Girl with Muff" is aa American figurative portrait oil on canvas painting by Robert Henri in 1912. The artwork is 57 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 64 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$950,000
Waiting Figure - Post War Abstract Landscape Painting, 1967
By Roland Petersen
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Waiting Figure" is a Post War abstract landscape oil on canvas painting by Roland Petersen in 1967. The artwork is 68 x 56 inches and, with the frame, is 69 3/8 x 57 1/2 x 3 inches....
Category
20th Century Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Indian
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Indian" is an abrtsact Post War mixed media on paper work by Han Hofmann in 1944. The artwork is 22 x 15 inches and, with the frame, is 29 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, weighing ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$200,000
Landscape No. 108
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Landscape No. 108" is an abstract Post War oil on panel painting by Hans Hofmann in 1941. The artwork is 23 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches and with the frame is 31 1/8 x 37 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches,...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Astral Image No. 1
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Astral Image No. 1 (M-1133)" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Hans Hofmann in 1947. The artwork is 48 x 60 inches and with the frame is 50 x 62 x 1 3/4 inches, weig...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baal
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Baal (M-1128)" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Hans Hofmann in 1947. The artwork is 59 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches and with the frame is 68 x 56 x 3 1/8 inches, weighing l...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$715,000
Untitled
By Santiago Carbonell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Santiago Carbonell. "Untitled" is an interior, realism painting, oil on canvas executed in a warm palette of browns, beiges, and black...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in a Rowboat
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Willem de Kooning. "Woman in a Rowboat" is an abstract, oil on paper laid on masonite painting executed in a lush and swirling palette primarily of greens, whites, beiges and yellow and depicting an abstracted, nude woman in a boat by Post War artist Willem de Kooning. "Woman in a Rowboat" is a seminal work by de Kooning that has a new fluidity which relates to his next major series of Woman paintings which he began in 1964. Signed lower left, "de Kooning.”
Provenance:
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Arizona
Exhibition:
North Hampton, Smith College Museum of Art; Cambridge, The New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Willem de Kooning: a Retrospective from Public and Private Collections, April – June 1965 (Cambridge only) New York, Allan Stone Gallery, De Kooning/Cornell, February – March 1965
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, American Paintings, September - October 1966, cat. no. 26
Dublin, The Royal Dublin Society, Rosc'67:The Poetry of Vision, November – December 1967, p. 201, illustrated
Detroit, J.L. Hudson, Willem de Kooning: Three Decades of Painting, March – April 1968, no. 31 (exhibition checklist)
Easthampton, Gild Hall...
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paper, Oil
Price Upon Request
In the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field)
By Winslow Homer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"In the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field)" is a painting by Winslow Homer. The painting is signed, lower left, "Homer 1873". The framed piece measures 29 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.
During the early 1870s, Winslow Homer frequently painted scenes of country living near a small farm hamlet renowned for generations for its remarkable stands of wheat, situated between the Hudson River and the Catskills in New York state. Today Hurley is far more famous for inspiring one of Homer’s greatest works, Snap the Whip...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leta and the Hill Myna
By Mel Ramos
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Leta and the Hill Myna" is a painting by American Pop artist Mel Ramos. The work is signed verso "Mel Ramos".
Mel Ramos is a California based Pop artist best known for his paintings of superheroes and female nudes, including Marilyn Monroe and Scarlet Johansson, with pop culture imagery. Many of his subjects emerge from Chiquita bananas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Day After
By Michael (Corinne) West
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Day After" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Michael (Corinne) West in 1963. The artwork is 85 1/4 x 50 1/8 inches and is 86 7/8 x 51 5/8 x 2 inches with the fra...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Comida
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"La Comida" is an abstract figurative Impressionist oil on canvas painting by María Blanchard. The artwork is 21 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches and is 24 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 inches with the frame,...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$135,000
Fillette à la pomme
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Fillette à la pomme" is an Impressionist portrait oil on canvas painting by María Blanchard. The artwork is 28 1/4 x 23 5/8 inches and is 32 1/2 x 28 x 2 inches with the frame, weig...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rouge Mouille (A00963)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Rouge Mouille (A00963)" is an abstract Post War gouache and ink on paper work by Alexander Calder in 1965. The artwork is 42 1/4 x 29 5/8 inches and is 49 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 1 7/8 inche...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Untitled (Censor Painting Pink)
By Richard Prince
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled (Censor Painting Pink)" is a nude figurative acrylic on inkjet board painting by Richard Prince in 2009. The artwork is 35 1/2 x 30 inches and 37 1/2 x 32 x 1 1/2 inches wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Inkjet
Outside: Evening 12 (diptych)
By Andrew Taylor
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Outside: Evening 12 (diptych)" is an abstract Contemporary oil on canvas painting by Andrew Taylor in 2008. The artwork is 48 x 48 inches, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Petals, Blue Moon
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Red and Black Spiral" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks and blues by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork is signed lower right, "Calder 72...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Trees in Brittany
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Abel George Warshawsky. "Trees in Brittany" is an impressionist landscape, oil on canvas in a palette of greens by Abel George Warshawsky. The a...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tracks
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Tracks" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, and yellows by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$160,000
The Forest
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "The Forest" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, yellows, and blues by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork is signed lower right, "Calder 72...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$175,000
Directions
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Directions" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, yellows, and oranges by artist Alexander Calder...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$175,000
Waterfall
By Hiroshi Senju
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Waterfall" is an abstract landscape natural pigments and platinum on Japanese mulberry paper mounted on board painting by Hiroshi Senju in 2021. The artwork is 36 x 46 inches and 36...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Platinum
$325,000
How Come
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"How Come" is a Modern surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1968. The artwork is 90 x 60 inches and 91 1/4 x 61 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches with the fram, weighing less than ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$200,000
Snapshots
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Snapshots" is a modern surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1986. The artwork is 40 x 90 inches and 41 3/8 x 91 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches with the frame, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed and dated lower right, "I.N. '68".
Norman's surrealist paintings transport viewers into dystopian realms where human figures meld with machinery, creating haunting landscapes of industrialized chaos and existential reflection. This painting uses a series of vignettes or "snapshots" of human couples in various states of health and vigor. The grotesque nature of some of the bodies is juxtaposed in the bright swimsuits as children play under an ominous sky...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$150,000
Man and Time
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Man and Time" is an American surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1986. The artwork is 58 x 30 inches and 59 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches with the frame, weighing le...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$100,000
Zigzag Sun and Crags
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Zigzag Sun and Crags" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, and blues by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork is signed lower right, "Calder 72...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
The Oval Spiral
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "The Oval Spiral" is a Post-War, geometric abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds and blacks by artist Alexander Calder. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Untitled (Rope Dancer series)
By Jack Roth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled (Rope Dancer series)" is an acrylic on canvas made by Jack Roth in 1980. The artwork is 18 x 30 1/8 inches. It weighs less thn 50 lbs. The work is signed and dated in penci...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Phenomena Procession Falls
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Phenomena Procession Falls" is a watercolor on paper work by Paul Jenkins, made in 1975. The artwork size is 41 3/4 x 30 inches. The framed size is 47 1/8 x 35 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches. T...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
By David Smith
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a painting by American artist David Smith.
David Smith’s paintings from the 1930s rarely come to market, and when Untitled (Billiard Players) surfaced at a Christie’s auction in 2018, it created quite a stir, realizing an impressive price of $1.15 million. Painted around the same time, Untitled shares many similarities with Untitled (Billiard Players). Both paintings affirm Smith’s place among the American artists when ideas and style began to intermingle and coalesce around Picasso’s innovations.
Uniquely positioned in temperament and ability, Smith was a man of considerable ambition whose direct-metal configurations would have much to do with achieving new ideas about abstraction. Yet all along, he insisted he was a painter, not a sculptor who painted.
Paintings by Smith...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$300,000
Untitled
By David Smith
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a painting by artist David Smith. The work is signed and dated in the upper left "David Smith (symbol) 1936".
When David Smith set up a workshop on the Brooklyn Navy Pier in 1933 to learn direct-metal techniques, he shared the space not with artists, but with professional welders. Yet as he stated in 1964, ‘…all my early friends were painters…I never conceived of myself as anything other than a painter because my work came straight through the raised surface.’
Picasso and Cubism would be dominant influences in Smith’s work. He understood that Picasso imagined the world as a sculptor might, and not necessarily limited to the unavoidable impact of Cubism. In addition to pursuing a kind of rethinking of the world in three-dimensionality on his own terms, by the late 1920s, Picasso had shown interest in surrealism. That meant drawing not as a depiction of reality, but rather as a reconfiguration of the body in an assemblage of often precariously balanced, interconnected forms — some expressed in a three-dimensional form, others as drawings or paintings.
Those processes are reflected in this work by David Smith; three fanciful totemic assemblages set within a landscape perspective of ground, mountains, and sky and whose presence is surreal enough to cast shadows under a presumed solar presence. Untitled, 1936 embraces surrealism, yet also serves to demonstrate the extent to which his thought processes are inextricably linked to sculpture and related to scale, spatial orientation, and three-dimensionality. With that in mind, it is not surprising to know that Smith saw no demarcation between sculpture and painting, or that a painting such as Untitled (1936) can exist outside of planning or design for future three-dimensional work.
Provenance:
Estate of David Smith, New York
Hauser & Wirth
Private Collection
Exhibition:
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, ‘David Smith: Skulptureen, Zeichnungen [David Smith: Sculpture and Drawings]’
Dusseldorf/DE, March 14 – April 27, 1986 (travelled to: Städtische Galerie im Stäelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt/DE, June 19 – September 28, 1986: Whitechapel Art Gallery...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$300,000
A Dream Within A Dream, (What Am I, A Mind Reader?)
By Ryan McGinness
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"A Dream Within A Dream, (What Am I, A Mind Reader?)," is an acrylic on canvas painting by Ryan McGinness, made in 2007. The artwork size is 96 1/4 x 143 x 2 3/4 inches. The painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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