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Period: 1970s
Medium: Charcoal
"Black Rest" Charcoal Cross-Hatch Drawing on Canvas 1977
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Scott
"Black Rest"
3-27-77
Charcoal on unprimed canvas, sprayed with a custom fixative
76.5"x60" unstretched
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on reverse
Installation: This piece is intended to be stretched and stapled without a frame.
Excellent Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history.
This canvas is a testament to the artist's meticulous craftsmanship and creative vision. The intricate charcoal cross-hatch arches create a captivating play of light and shadow, each mark bearing the artist's hand. To enhance and preserve this piece, the artist has applied multiple layers of their custom-made a fixative. This carefully curated process not only protects the delicate charcoal work but also adds depth and texture to the piece. The result is a mesmerizing work of art that begs viewers to explore its intricate details and reveals new dimensions with each look.
JACK SCOTT (1953-)
Education:
MFA San Francisco Art Institute (1978)
BA
San Francisco State University (1976)
College of Marin (1971-1974)
Exhibitions Include:
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (solo)
Hansen Fuller Golden Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, (solo)
"California Drawings", Modernism, San Francisco
Awards and Distinctions Include:
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
Marin Arts Council Individual Artists Grant
Finalist, S.E.C.A. Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publications Include:
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980
University of California Press, 1985
Articles and Reviews Include:
Fischer, Hal, ARTFORUM
Wilson, William, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Rosenthal, Adrienne, ART WEEK
Albright, Thomas, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Gardener, Colin, ARTWEEK
Solnit, Rebecca. Arts, PACIFIC SUN
Pincus, Robert, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Frankenstein, Alfred, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Public Collections Include:
Prudential, Inc., New Jersey
Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles
Illinois Bell, Chicago
Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles
Park Fifty-Five Hotel, San Francisco
About the work:
Working on large unstretched canvases and Strathmore paper, Jack Scott draws charcoal arcs in a freehand style. Through placement and density the arcs create patterns of light and dark, vibrating with a luminescence unanticipated by the rawness of the materials. In previous works the arcs coalesced into amorphous forms—romantic sensations suggesting clouds, smoke or fog. With his recent works Scott introduces a concrete graphic form, large bisecting arcs that are giant magnifications of the minutely rendered arcs. Environmental romanticism yields to a bolder sensibility, as these shapes bear relationship to configurations favored by Minimalists and hard-edge abstractionists. However, Scott’s web of soft, undulating arcs subverts the large-scale coolness of the primary form. In this sense the artist’s works remind one of Rothko, whose monumental forms were also conceived through a diffused or soft-edge development.
The method of building up freehand forms is remarkable considering the massive scale favored by the artist. From this standpoint his drawing seems imbued with a medieval intensity, displaying a feeling for concentration and handcraft that is often absent from contemporary art.
—Hal Fischer
Category
1970s Abstract Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal
Untitled (Open in Yellow, Black and Blue)
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (Open in Yellow, Black and Blue)
1970
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas board
25.4 x 61 cms (10 x 24 ins)
RM9819
P588
Signed lower right (recto)
Artist's studio number P74-290
Provenance:
Dedalus Foundation, New York...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Untitled (Red Open)
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (Red Open)
ca. 1970
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas board
17.8 x 22.8 cms (7 x 9 ins)
RM9923
P575
Artist's studio number P71-286
Signed (verso)
Provenance...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Great Wall of China No. 4
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Great Wall of China No. 4
1971
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
152.4 x 101.6 cms (60 x 40 ins)
RM10101
P617
This work is part of the artist's Great Wall of China series, of which there are only five paintings, all of which are in private hands. Painted on a traditionally primed canvas, it is an exploration of the tension between foreground and background. The U-shaped forms in this series of paintings are closely related to the paintings in Motherwell's Open series of which there are a greater number of paintings and drawings.
Great Wall of China series refer to a Franz Kafka short story about the Chinese landmark, which certainly served as a dividing line in its time, and perhaps also to contemporaneous events involving China, such as Henry Kissinger...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Premonition Open, with Flesh over Grey
Located in London, GB
Premonition Open, with Flesh over Grey, 1974, belongs to an extended series of works that came to be called the Opens and which came about by a happy accident. Leaning a finished can...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
UNTITLED No. 26
Located in New York, NY
Avant-Garde
Argentine
Category
1970s American Modern Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor, Charcoal, Conté
Saxophonist and Fascinating Singer - Original signed Charcoal drawing - 1975
Located in Paris, FR
Sacha CHIMKEVITCH (1920-2006)
Saxophonist and Fascinating Singer, 1975
Original charcoals drawing
Signed and dated bottom right
On vellum 74 x 54 cm (c. 30 x 22in)
Excellent condition
Category
1970s Realist Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charcoal on paper
Category
1970s Art by Medium: Charcoal
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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