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Bob Thompson

"Untitled" Bob Thompson, Figurative Work on Paper, Black Abstract Artist
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
Bob Thompson Untitled, 1964 Felt tip pen on printed paper 11 x 20 1/2 inches Provenance: The
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Exodus 12 - African American Artist - colorful abstract red orange purple pink
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
in Louisville, Kentucky, an art scene in the 1950s and '60s that included Sam Gilliam, Bob Thompson
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

EXODUS 28 African-American Art colorful abstract red orange green purple yellow
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
, Kentucky, an art scene in the 1950s and '60s that included Sam Gilliam, Bob Thompson, and Kenneth Victor
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nature's Printing Press
Located in Fairlawn, OH
) Rivers, Donald J. Robertson, Philippe G. Smith, Ann Tanksley, Bob Thompson, Russell Thompson, Robert
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting Kabbalah inspired mystical abstract
By Jay Milder
Located in New York, NY
abstract painter in the New York art scene in 1958 when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Mixed Media, Oil

Untitled Abstract Composition, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rhino Horn Artist "Space Dream, 1973" Figurative Expressionist Abstract
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition with Heart Jay Milder Rhino Horn Oil Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vibrant Abstract Rhino Horn Figurative Expressionist Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this
Category

1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (7) Figural Expressionist Nude Charcoal Drawing
By Steven Harvey
Located in Surfside, FL
Johnson, drawings by Bob Thompson, “10 Tenements” by Gandy Brodie, and “City Nights”, paintings from the
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Abstract Expressionism Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting Bold Colorful Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting American Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting American Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting American Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting American Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Israeli Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting Jaffa, Israel Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting American Pop Art
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002 X Photographed by Jonathan
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002 X Photographed by Jonathan
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grant Series Torn Paper Collage Painting African American Artist John Rozelle
By John Rozelle
Located in Surfside, FL
Gilliam, Al Loving, John Rozelle, Raymond Saunders, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, Hale Woodruff. Pennsylvania
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Laid Paper, Mixed Media

Woodcut Print Mimi Grooms Signed Small Edition Happy Birthday Woodblock Print
By Mimi Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
, Cuban artist Emilio Cruz, Bob Thompson and Jan Muller. She began exhibiting in Provincetown, MA, an
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Tissue Paper, Woodcut

Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie & Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Lester Johnson, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Bob Thompson and Jan Muller. He combined human and animal figures
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
include Stephen Durkee, Mimi Gross (daughter of Chaim Gross and Red grooms wife), Bob Thompson, Lester
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1990s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Porcelain, Screen

Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
City Gallery include Stephen Durkee, Mimi Gross (daughter of Chaim Gross and Red Grooms wife), Bob
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
City Gallery include Stephen Durkee, Mimi Gross (daughter of Chaim Gross and Red Grooms wife), Bob
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Rocking Jelly Bean - Back to the Future - Contemporary Cinema Movie Posters
Located in Asheville, NC
directed by Robert Zemeckis. Written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, it stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment...

Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Edward Steichen, MoMA Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of
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1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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Fine English George III Antique Mahogany Secretary Desk circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A VERY FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE WITH A GLAZED BOOKSHELF ABOVE A CHEST OF DRAWERS England, circa 1780 Three drawers signed "William Jones" Item # 307XNK13S Of exceedingl...
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Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Rare Signed Alvin Loving Poster Exhibition at William Zierler Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Framed, signed poster by Alvin Loving (1935-2005). Below is an excerpt from an online source. Detroit-born Loving earned an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1965. He began ...
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Vintage 1970s Modern Posters

Materials

Chrome

Mid-Century Prison Art Box from Cigarette Packs
Located in Forney, TX
A rare vintage prison art box, mid-20th century, colorful round folk art box with removable lid, handmade from a large tin can and cigarette packs. A wonderful objet d'art, highly d...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Tin

Sunnylands America’s Midcentury Masterpiece Book by Janice Lyle
Located in New York, NY
Sunnylands America’s Midcentury Masterpiece By: Janice Lyle Foreword by Michael S. Smith Photography by Mark Davidson The definitive story of the most ambitious and glamorous midcen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Modern Brass, Copper & Chrome Raindrops Wall Art Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Exceptional wall art sculpture attributed to C. Jere. 3 dimensional torch cut brass, copper and chromed steel "drops" arranged perfectly and welded to a copper frame. Four rear h...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper, Steel

1950s Art Deco Style Figurative Painting with Horses by Porter Woodruff, Framed
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Morristown, NJ
American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting...
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Vintage 1950s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Mid Century Portrait of an African American Man
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a new cream ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
Located in Downham Market, GB
An antique tramp art box. A beautiful & early piece of tramp art, intricately layered in the traditional manner with notch carved wooden strips & finished with a pressed brass lion r...
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Antique 1890s British Rustic Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Pine

c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
H 6.3 in W 10.63 in D 6.7 in
'Still Life with Daffodils', Carmel, California Woman Artist, PAFA, SWA
By Virginia Sevier Rogers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1965 by Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1916-2015), a listed artist. Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. A vibrant oil still-life of daffodils and an ...
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1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

FARM WOMAN Signed Lithograph, Gullah Woman, Quilts, African American Culture
By Jonathan Green
Located in Union City, NJ
FARM WOMAN, by JONATHAN GREEN, is a vibrantly colored limited edition lithograph printed in 19 colors using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11.25 x 20 Frame Size: 17 x 28 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "The First Time on Telephone" Biography J...
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Crayon

20th Century Outsider Art Portrait of an American Soldier
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small oil painting on canvas. It is a naive portrait of an American soldier in uniform. It appears to be framed in a handmade oak frame along with handcrafted pine stretcher bars, ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Canvas, Oak

Rockwell Kent Original Wood Engraving, 1931 - Diver
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) wood engraving in excellent condition titled: Diver. Created 1931. Edition size: 150. Image measures: 7 7/8"h x 5 3/8"w. The print is unframed and present...
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Mid-20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Photo Of Pedro Friedeberg Hand Chair Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Naomi Savage
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a chair in the manner of Mexican surrealist modernist Pedro Friedeberg with a dried flowers. It is a hand signed, titled and dated vintage silver gelatin print photogra...
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Minimalist Geometric Sculpture
By Adolph Dioda
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph T. DIODA (1915-1991) Birth place: Aliquippa, PA Lived in West Aliquippa, PA; Detroit, MI; Phila. & Jenkintown, PA Profession: Sculptor, educator Studied: Carnegie Inst Tech...
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1970s Minimalist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

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AS 7
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Oil Crayon, Rag Paper

AS 7
H 12 in W 18 in
Smiling Universe
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Noah's Ark 188
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Oil

#19
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Oil Crayon, Rag Paper

#19
H 12 in W 18 in
Bird Ark
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Oil

#18
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Rag Paper

#18
H 12 in W 18 in
#5
By Jay Milder
Located in Quogue, NY
when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. Each was influenced by Abstract
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Rag Paper

#5
H 20 in W 26 in
The Golden Ass
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
oil on canvas 62 1/2" x 74 1/2" signed
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1960s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stairway to the Stars
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
oil and photostat on Masonite 40" x 60" signed
Category

1960s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Augustus
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
gouache on pre-printed catalogue page 12" x 17 3/4"
Category

1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Magazine Paper

Augustus
H 12 in W 17.75 in
Space dreams
By Jay Milder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Hofmann in Provincetown. Milder founded City Gallery in 1958 with Bob Thompson and Red Grooms
Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Reaper" Abstract Assemblage Figurative Painting
By Benny Andrews
Located in Houston, TX
to New York, where his artist friends included Red Grooms, Bob Thompson and the Soyer brothers. For
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1970s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

Untitled, Abstract Composition with a Heart
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled Abstract Composition, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rhino Horn Artist "Space Dream, 1973" Figurative Expressionist Abstract
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester
Category

1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vibrant Abstract Rhino Horn Figurative Expressionist Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this
Category

1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (7) Figural Expressionist Nude Charcoal Drawing
By Steven Harvey
Located in Surfside, FL
Johnson, drawings by Bob Thompson, “10 Tenements” by Gandy Brodie, and “City Nights”, paintings from the
Category

Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Rare 1964 Figurative Abstraction piece (Subway Series)
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Paper

Rare 1967 Figurative Abstraction piece (Subway Series)
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
include Stephen Durkee, Mimi Gross (daughter of Chaim Gross and Red grooms wife), Bob Thompson, Lester
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1990s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Porcelain, Screen

Red Grooms Grand Central Train Subway Manhattan NYC Cartoon Aquatint Etching
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
, Mimi Gross (daughter of Chaim Gross and Red grooms wife), Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, and Alex Katz
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Satchel Page's All Stars from 1946 Baseball Team, Original Watercolor on Paper
By Margie Lawrence
Located in Chicago, IL
It was only fitting that Hall of Famer Bob Feller would hook up with Satchel Paige for one of the
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper, Watercolor

The Tempest
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: “B. Thompson ‘65”� Titled, signed, dated and inscribed verso
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1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Family
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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