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Hilton Brown
Victoria, Screen Series No. 37

1969

$3,500
£2,683
€3,070.92
CA$4,999.61
A$5,483.03
CHF 2,840.76
MX$65,882.92
NOK 35,760.15
SEK 33,561.93
DKK 22,942.61

About the Item

Signed: H Brown (verso) Marked: Screen Series, No 37 - "Victoria" with date and dimensions (verso) Acrylic polymer on canvas 24 x 24 inches Framed 26 x 26 inches Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Kazimir Karpusko*, then by descent Wright Auction, Chicago April 2010 Ro Gallery, NY Private Collection, NYC A vibrant and carefully structured exploration of pattern, rhythm, and color, Screen Series, No 37 is built from a precise grid of intersecting lines, combining but not mixing bold hues; yellow, teal, magenta, purple, and black, into a composition that feels both orderly and full of energy. While the structure is strict and methodical, the effect is anything but static. The colors shift and pulse as your eyes move across the surface, creating a sense of movement and visual tension. Brown’s Screen Series is one of several thematic cycles he developed during the mid-to-late 1960s, alongside others like Pattern, Quilt, Light, and Ambivalence. The series ranges in scale from the monumental Screen Series No. 15, Leo (1967), measuring 100 by 100 inches, to more intimate works like our Victoria, Screen Series No. 37, at just two feet square. Hilton Brown was an American painter whose work reflects a deep commitment to geometric abstraction and formal clarity. Born in Kansas in 1924, he studied at the University of Kansas and later received his MFA from the University of Iowa. Brown became associated with the Washington Color School, a loosely connected group of artists in the 1950s and 60s, including figures like Gene Davis, Howard Mehring, and Thomas Downing, who emphasized color, repetition, and flatness in their work. While his approach was often more structurally restrained, Brown shared the group’s interest in the optical and emotional effects of color. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis and later at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, contributing both as a painter and educator to the evolving language of American abstraction. *Kazimir Karpuszko was an artist and educator who settled in Chicago, earning a Master of Science in Art Education. There, he studied photography with Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan and worked with psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim from 1957 to 1963. Deeply involved in the Structurist Art movement, Karpuszko contributed as an artist, dealer, writer, and curator, helping to promote its focus on structured, formal art.
  • Creator:
    Hilton Brown (1938, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1969
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Appears to be in good condition. At one time noted that there was some light brown discoloration and white drip marks not currently visible. Frame: White lacquer float frame in fairly good condition, light cracks in a few of the corners of frames.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1413216685902

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