Seymour Franks

"Paulson" Seymour Franks, Modernist, Blue, White and Green Abstraction

1949

Conrad Fried (1918 - 2009) Self-Portrait as Insect Greeting Another, 1994 Oil on canvas 27 3/4 x 22 inches Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: Gift of the artist Pri...

Ted N. Kurahara (b. 1925) Study C60, 1960 Oil on canvas 70 x 50 inches Signed and dated upper right corner Artist label verso: TED N. KURAHARA STUDY C60, OIL PTG 1960 70” x 50” 800 Ted Kurahara works in a minimal style that transforms color planes into infinite depth. Following his upbringing Seattle and time spent in an Internment Camp before serving in the 442nd, a highly decorated Japanese American...

Emanuel Buckvar (American, b. 1980) Peonies, 2011 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: The artist Private Collection, Long Island, 2011 contemporary AbEx artist Emanuel Buckvar successfully refutes the idea that there is nothing left to explore with drip or splatter paintings. Buckvar explores ideas of space and volume in his work. He frequently "paints in the dark" so as to focus on the process of creation as opposed to the thing created. From the time he was a child, Emanual Buckvar loved, collected, studied and sold art purchased from estates, so for Christmas 2010, his wife bought him a batch of paint, stretched canvases, brushes. Then she had to nag him for months to give it a shot. Finally, he gave did, deciding to do some action paintings (outside at dusk in his driveway). To his astonishment, he sold several to customers for thousands of dollars each. His first and best selling paintings...

Jay Rosenblum (1933 - 1989) Untitled, 1973 Acrylic on canvas 54 x 128 inches Signed twice and dated on the reverse Provenance: Private Collection, Long Island Jay Rosenblum experim...