The Dec. 15 auction featured seven Lewis works, including the sale's top lot, an oil
on canvas painting executed in a limited beige palette, estimated to sell for $ 250,000 - $ 350,000.
«Whirlwind» is an abstract oil and graphite
on canvas painting executed in subtle shades of black, cream, burnt umber and rusty peach by Post War artist William Baziotes.
«Red Tondo» is a circular, abstract acrylic
on canvas painting executed in primary red, yellow, blue and white by Abstract Artist Ilya Bolotowsky.
«Whirlwind» is an abstract oil and graphite
on canvas painting executed in subtle shades of black, cream, burnt umber and rusty peach by Post War arti...
Not exact matches
Damien Hirst (b. 1965) Beautiful Spread Your Wings, Open Your Mind
Painting Household gloss
on canvas 121.9 x 121.9 cm
Executed in 2007 Estimate: # 120,000 — # 180,000 © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd..
Though not named, other connections are suggested: to Robert Ryman, in an all - white
painting executed on slices of Wonder Bread; to Eva Hesse's 1966 Hang Up, in a
painting from which a loop of stiffened string extends; and to Bruce Nauman's 1967 neon spiral proclaiming «the true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths,» in a
canvas called Grandiosity and Depression (1988 - 90) that bears, in snaking letters, a quote from Alice Miller.
Executed with inkjet and airbrush
on canvas, he offers the viewer no time out - it is even difficult to grasp where the surface of these
paintings begins and ends.
Executed with layers of
paint, glitter, resin, pointillist dots and collaged images of genitalia cut from porn magazines, an elephant dung breast protrudes from large - scale
canvas which is perched
on two elephant dung balls embellished with map pins that spell out «virgin» and «mary.»
«Black and Red» is an oil
on canvas, abstract
painting executed in red, black and orange dabbed and running oil
paints by Post War, Abstract Expressionist...
The depicted figures are not defined beforehand and then simply
executed in oil
painting, but are gradually developed in several layers, which are repeatedly sanded and
painted over directly
on the
canvas.
From 1960 to 1963 she
executed her famous Tirs (Shoot) pieces, which drip like Pollocks but which de Saint Phalle produced by shooting a rifle at balloons of colorful
paint mounted
on white
canvases.
While most Kline
paintings are black - and - white abstractions, he did also work with other colors as evidenced by Lot 7, «Provincetown II,» a 93 - by -79-inch oil
on canvas that was
executed in 1959 and has an ambitious estimate of $ 2,500,000 to $ 3,500,000.
Still life / abstract contemporary
painting executed in oil and acrylic
paints on a velvet
canvas.
Another Twombly, Lot 51, «Mohammed Ali,» a oil
paint, wax crayon and graphite
on canvas that was
executed in 1964 had an estimate of $ 800,000 to $ 1,200,000 and was passed at $ 650,000.
Executed in oil
on canvas from a digital image, the
paintings incorporate layer upon layer of fine lines of colour to create architectural - like forms, suggestive of a dense, abstracted cityscapes.
Yet another Lannan
painting is Lot 25, «For Pearl,» a 96 - by - 98 5/8 - inch oil and wax
on canvas by Brice Marden that was
executed in 1970 and has an ambitious estimate of $ 2,000,000 to $ 3,000,000.
The
paintings were the first
canvases Marshall
executed on a large scale in a grand manner.
This exhibition will feature collaged works
on paper, and mixed media
canvases including a rare series of black and gold
paintings executed in early 2010, never before
on public view.
Whilst Ayres's
paintings have never been representational, the forms in these new works seem reminiscent of leaf and flower shapes clearly seen in works such as Apadana, Cynthu's Hill, and Helen's Glade, all oil
on canvas and
executed in 2011.
Each Date
Painting is always completed on the date which is painted on the canvas, and each date is always documented in the language and grammatical conventions of the country in which the painting is e
Painting is always completed
on the date which is
painted on the
canvas, and each date is always documented in the language and grammatical conventions of the country in which the
painting is e
painting is
executed.
The most delightful work being offered is Lot 238, a
painting of a
paint - smeared putti flying in the clouds
on his palette, entitled «Protector Noster Aspice,» 38 1/2 by 28 inches, oil
on paper mounted
on canvas,
executed in 1984 by Sandro Chia.
On several highly publicized occasions, Mathieu introduced a performative dimension to his
painting,
executing large
canvases before audiences while dressed in costume.
These
paintings in varying sizes and
executed in oil
on canvas, employ a variety of brushstroke - like forms in an array of vibrant colors.
And
on May 15, 2002, a single candle
painting by Richter Gerhard Richter, entitled «Kerze,» a 35 3/8 - by - 37 3/8 - inch oil
on canvas,
executed in 1982, sold at Sotheby's above its high estimate for $ 3,969,500 including the buyer's premium (see The City Review article).
This solo exhibition by Swiss artist Aldo Walker features nine
paintings, 160 cm x 120 cm,
executed in acrylic
on canvas.
This body of work,
executed in 1999, bolsters and inspires his more well - known oil
paintings on canvas.
Unlike the prototypical abstract expressionist immortalised in Rosenberg's article «The American Action Painters», Kline relied heavily upon sketches in order to methodically
execute his
paintings.45 He did not spontaneously improvise directly
on the
canvas in a variation
on automatism that had been adopted from the surrealists.
There were eight big and nine medium - size dark
paintings in Galerie Max Hetzler's Bleibtreustraße location, along with one very large and colorful
canvas, a small work
on paper
executed in colored pencil and crayon, and an artist's book.
Central to this exhibition is a total of 12
paintings executed on shallow circular dishes, covered with small square patches of
canvas.
Executed on unprimed
canvas and attached to rollers, it differs from conventional
painting by exploring the question of time: the near - invisible tiny dots made by the gun hover
on the verge of existence, suggesting «a coming into being» when they accumulate with others; and by rolling the
canvas up and down, Latham was able to make
painting a temporal exercise in a process analogous to memory, aimed at exemplifying the experience of past, present and future.
The
paintings are
executed in oil
on canvas, built up with many layers of luminous color, including red, bright yellow, dark blue, pale gray, brown, white, and black.
Very well
executed oil
on canvas painting of a approaching storm and the churning surf pounding against the seaside rocks.
Thomas Downing, like Anthony Caro, was a great explorer of forms and movement, and this untitled
painting on canvas of repeat dot irregular patterns is historically a fascinating picture when you consider it was
executed prior to 1960, over forty years before Yayoi Kusuma's overall dot
paintings and Damien Hirst's recent massive spot
paintings.
To
execute a single «squiggle,» sheets of plywood are laid
on top of each other, resembling a topographical model, before they are covered in
canvas and
painted over in Sperling's signature palate of saturated, sometimes clashing colors.
The new
paintings in the series continue in the trademark vivid and expressive style of Derakshani's earlier works, and are
executed in oil
on canvas.
His works range from «drawings» made by printing letters and shapes
on found book pages using word - processing software to «
paintings»
executed by running sheets of primed
canvas through a large - format printer.
Although Murillo may
execute a
painting in a matter of hours, the process leading to its creation can take months; cut up and stitched together in different sections, folded, unfolded, left to assimilate studio debris, Murillo allows the environment of his studio to accumulate
on his
canvas.
For your consideration is a lovely, well
executed, 19th century English landscape
painting on stretched
canvas.
The new
paintings in the series continue in the trademark vivid and expressive style of his earlier works and are
executed in oil
on canvas.
You leave «Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots» knowing that, had Pollock never
executed his majestic poured
paintings, he would still be highly lauded
on the basis of these
canvases» contribution to Abstract Expressionism, not to mention the history of American art since World War II.