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Grace Knowlton
Untitled (Colored Pencils), unique painting, Allan Stone Collection & Sotheby's

1978

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Grace Knowlton Untitled (Colored Pencils), 1978 Mixed media watercolor and charcoal painting on paper. (Framed with labels from the legendary Allan Stone Collection + Sotheby's labels verso) A striking, playful and virtuosic painting. Signed Grace Farrar Knowlton and dated on front lower right corner. Frame included: original vintage elegant wood frame Dimensions: Artwork 20 1/2" x 27" Framed 23.25" x 27.75" x 1" Provenance: Sotheby's New York, May 12 & 13, 1981, lot. 170 Allan Stone Gallery, New York More about Grace Knowlton: Grace Knowlton was a painter, sculptor, photographer, and mixed media artist. Knowlton began her career as a painter, then created the three dimensional spheres for which she first became known. She called the spheres “paintings in the round” and focused on both interior and exterior space as she shaped a variety of media, including clay, concrete, sheet metal, copper, bronze and wicker. She studied drawing, painting and photography over the years and integrated these mediums into her spheres while branching out to create sculpture, photographs, and mixed media work independent of the spheres. Knowlton’s mixed medium pieces gradually combined elements of drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and layered computer imagery. She focused on “breaking conventional boundaries to create dialogues in line and form." Born in Buffalo in 1932, Grace Knowlton attended Milton Academy as a young woman, then Smith College and Columbia University’s Teachers College. Knowlton had numerous solo exhibits throughout the country. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Storm King Art Center.
  • Creator:
    Grace Knowlton
  • Creation Year:
    1978
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23.25 in (59.06 cm)Width: 27.75 in (70.49 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Held in original vintage 1970s frame and ships framed. Not examined outside of frame, but the work appears in fine original condition with just the gentlest of rippling (see photo).
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745213655722
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