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Period: 1970s
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
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Ochre Open)
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Untitled (Ochre Open)
1972
Acrylic on Upson board
60.6 x 24.5 cms (23 7/8 x 9 5/8 ins)
RM9997
P666
Recto, upper right: RM \ 72
Verso not signed, not da...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Price Upon Request
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
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
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
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Open No. 126: In Beige with Blue
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Open No. 126: In Beige with Blue
1970
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 76.2 cms (24 x 30 ins)
RM13967
P533
The dedication on the verso of this painting is to the artist and editor Alexander Liberman (1912-1999) and his wife Tatiana (1906-1991).
Signed, titled, dated twice 1970 and inscribed Merry Xmas to Tatiana & Alex Liberman from their friend Bob Motherwell on the stretcher.
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Liberman, New York (gift of the artist).
High Museum of Art, Atlanta (gift of the above in 1991).
Sotheby's New York, 14 November 2012, lot 138.
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale).
Exhibited:
Galerie Templon, Paris, Robert Motherwell Open...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Royal Dirge
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Royal Dirge
1972
Acrylic on canvas
182.2 x 137.2 cms (71 3/4 x 54 ins)
RM14402
P705
Signed and dated 72 upper left (recto)
Signed, titled and dated 27 October 1972 (verso)
Artist's studio number P72-5207
Provenance:
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York.
Solomon Byron Smith, Lake Forest (acquired in 1973).
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (bequest from the above in 1980).
Christie's, New York, 9 November 2011.
Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's New York, 14 November 2013.
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 2013 .
Exhibited:
Galerie Templon, Paris, Robert Motherwell Open...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Western Macdonnel Ranges
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dorothy Napangardi was one of the leading Australian Aboriginal artists who has had her work hung at museums around the world. On the verso of this ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Eagle Kachina, painting, by Dan Namingha, vertical, brown, red, black, turquoise
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Eagle Kachina, painting, by Dan Namingha, vertical, brown, red, black, turquoise
We present paintings, prints, and sculptures by Southwestern luminary, DAN NAMINGHA. Our collection ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Kachinas painting by Dan Namingha, Katsina, Hopi, large, canvas, original
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Two Kachinas painting by Dan Namingha, Katsina, Hopi, large, canvas, original
Category
Contemporary 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled SF78-94, 1978 (red acrylic)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF78-94, 1978 (red acrylic)
Technique: Stamp Signed Acryl...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Price Upon Request
"Dance of the Daughters-One" Gray Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract modern expressionist painting by American modernist artist, Jules Olitski. This painting features heavy textures formed by multiple layers of paint. Framed in a modern float...
Category
Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Playing Possum
By Roger Weik
Located in Missouri, MO
Artist Statement
Since Roger Weik was early in college in the 70's, he has always held an affinity for thickness and texture. There was something very organic about his work, a sens...
Category
American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Emulsion, Polymer
Price Upon Request
Brasileira
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Brasileira
1975
Acrylic, graphite and printed paper collage on canvas laid on board
121 x 91 cms (47 5/8 x 35 7/8 ins)
Provenance:
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
Doug...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Next Eclipse of Green
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Bang, Bang, Banjio
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Electric Tulip II
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Electric Tulip II
Year: 1980
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 84 x 60 in....
Category
Op Art 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Mysterioso
By Tony Delap
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Tony DeLap, a pioneer of West Coast Minimalism and Op Art, has spent more than half a century producing meticulously crafted, illusionistic abstract sculptures that challenge percept...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Ore-T-Ba
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Price Upon Request
Abstrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.)
Abstrait, is an original mixed media oil and collage on panel, signed, dated 1946...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Léon Zack - Lyrical Abstract Composition - Signed Oil on Canvas
By Léon Zack
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Léon Zack
Lyrical Abstract Composition
Signed Oil on Canvas
50 x 61 cm
Léon Zack (1892-1980)
Léon Zack was a Russian émigré who became a leading exp...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dinner in the Sky
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and drawings, whose style defies convenient labels. Abstract, surreal, cartoonish, sci-fi fantastic, metaphysical, apocalyptic-Baroque - all of these fit but also fall short of fully describing his art." (Edward M. Gomez, "Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texan Skies...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Experimentation for Chinatown
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Experimentation for Chinatown
Year: 1977
Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)
...
Category
Conceptual 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Light Magenta Square
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz
Title: Light Magenta Square
Year: 1978
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 60 x 60 inches
Referenced as 1978.9, pg 184 in "Anuszkiew...
Category
Op Art 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
"Church, Terlingua" Abstract, Geometric Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Bold black, red, and white abstract geometric painting of Terlingua Church in the city of Terlingua, Tx near the Texas-Mexican border. Signed and dated by artist in 1971.
Artist Bi...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Color Chart for Chinatown Nighttime
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Color Chart for Chinatown Nighttime
Year: 1977
Medium: Acrylic on Paper , signed and dated l.r.
Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2...
Category
Conceptual 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Automatic Painting Gray #8
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
American, b. 1943, San Francisco, California, based in Moorpark, California
Category
Minimalist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
Automatic Painting Violet #2
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
American, b. 1943, San Francisco, California, based in Moorpark, California
Category
Minimalist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
Inversion
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
A Walk in the Clouds
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Serenade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Price Upon Request
Musique Abstract
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Price Upon Request
Cosmopolitan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Cubist Abstract in Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green.
Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of th...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
The Dessert
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
The Broken Vase
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. Due to his intense fascination with the cubist avant garde movement, into cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life.
This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993.
“The Broken Vase...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Bernard Aubertin - Tableau Clous - Nail Painting 1970
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Bernard Aubertin (1934 -.)
Tableau Clous
1970
Nails and acrylic on panel, 50 × 50 cm
Verso signed and dated.
Bernard Aubertin associates the element fire with a glowing red. "...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Chinatown II, Oil Painting by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: Chinatown II
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 43 in. x 31 in. (109.22 cm x 78.74 cm)
Category
Pop Art 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
Abstract Figure in Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A series of exceptional paintings and rare prints have just arrived from a private west coast private collection.
American artist Hans Burkhardt, "Abstract Figure in Green", vintage...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Price Upon Request
Red Lips
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media painting by American artist Hans Burkhardt.
"Red Lips", is an original mixed media painting, signed, dated 1977, 5.75...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Construct
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
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