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James Torlakson
Doggie Diner Booths - iconic watercolor

2015

$6,000
£4,555.10
€5,210.06
CA$8,382.87
A$9,323.58
CHF 4,868.48
MX$113,458.07
NOK 62,177.98
SEK 58,311.97
DKK 38,884.67
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Phone booths at the Doggie Diner- an iconic American original watercolor painting - 24 x 16 inches - by James Torlakson, who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Doggie Diner Booths depicts the restaurant exterior and a woman using the phone booth with light flooding into the booth from the front. Drawn with the painstaking accuracy for which the artist is well known. Highly detailed photorealistic hyperrealistic, realism is celebrated in this classic Americana still life scene. Torlakson’s photorealism subject matter and imagery have centered on “every day” America including trucks, railways, amusement parks, waterfronts, fireworks booths, deserted drive-in theaters and coastal landscapes. His oil paintings, watercolors, aquatint etchings and drawings have been exhibited nationally since 1971 within United States and Internationally, with works housed in the permanent collections of many American Museums, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum; New York Public Library’s print collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Library of Congress, Denver Art Museum and the De Cordova Museum. Outer dimension of the frame is 34 x 24 3/4 inches. Professionally framed in a solid maple hardwood. Artist signed, titled and dated. Condition is excellent. From Andra Norris Gallery in Burlingame, CA.
  • Creator:
    James Torlakson (1951)
  • Creation Year:
    2015
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 0.94 in (2.39 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Burlingame, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: TORJ35931stDibs: LU37537637722

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