Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Narcissus Robert Quagliata
"Morning Towers" Contemporary Figurative Self Portrait

c. 1969

$5,600
$8,50034% Off
£4,266.34
£6,475.7034% Off
€4,919.27
€7,466.7434% Off
CA$7,837.09
CA$11,895.5834% Off
A$8,756.64
A$13,291.3334% Off
CHF 4,580.69
CHF 6,952.8434% Off
MX$107,384.46
MX$162,994.2734% Off
NOK 58,532.56
NOK 88,844.0634% Off
SEK 55,504.37
SEK 84,247.7134% Off
DKK 36,715.12
DKK 55,728.3134% Off
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). While four fingers dominate the composition, the focus of the piece is the subject's eye peeking between them, as the fingers are rendered slightly out of focus. Surrounding the composition are boldly colored blankets and sheets, the colors invoking the stained glass for which Quagliata would achieve his fame. Exhibited at the Richmond Art Center, Solo Exhibition 1969. Image 31.5"H x 39.75"W No frame, canvas wrap, the edges are painted for a frame-less display. Tag on verso from Richmond Art Center Solo Exhibition (1969) An Italian and US citizen, Narcissus Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942) was born in Rome, Italy, in 1942, where he studied painting with the metaphysical painter Georgio De Chirico. At the age of 19, Narcissus moved to the United States and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (under two founding members of the Bay Area figurative school of painting, Elmer Bischoff and Richard Diebenkorn) receiving both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in painting and graphics. After graduating with a BFA and MFA in painting, he spent four years in a studio he built himself in what is now a National Wilderness Area on the coastal mountain range of Northern California. In that studio he made the unique artistic decision to use glass rather than canvas to capture the reality of light itself. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.; Yokohama City Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Oakland Museum, California; Corning Museum of Glass, New York; and Glasmalerei-Museum Izu Kogen, Shizuoka-Ken, Japan. Building commissions include the Public Library of Gainesville, Florida; Synagogue Acapulco Seventy, Mexico City; and in California, Oakland’s Alice Art Center, the Charles Schwab Building in San Francisco, City of San Leandro Civic Center, and Oakland’s Pacific Bell Building. He resides and has studios in Mexico and Taiwan. Selected Exhibitions/Commissions: 2010 - Richmond Art Center Solo Exhibition, Richmond, CA 1988 - Touchstone Center for Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA 1987 - Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1976 - Execution of stained glass environment for private residence in Mill Valley, CA 1976 - Execution of stained glass environment for library of Commodore Sloat School, San Francisco, CA 1976 - Fresno Art Center, Fresno, Calif. 1976 - Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 1975 - Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1974 - Execution of a large stained glass environmental work in a private residence, San Francisco, CA 1973 - Stained glass window for the Housing Authority's Senior Citizen Residence, San Francisco, CA 1973 - Stained glass window at the Child Care Center # 3, Hunter's Point, CA 1971 - Athol McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1969 - “Participationkinetics” - Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA Awards: 1986, 1977 - National Endowment for the Arts grant Teaching: 1970-77 - Lectured and headed workshops in glass and aesthetics at a variety of colleges and private studios 1972-76 - San Francisco Art Institute, summer program in stained glass 1970-72 - Humboldt State College 1987 - Lecture, Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts
  • Creator:
    Narcissus Robert Quagliata (1942, Italian, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1969
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 39.75 in (100.97 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Minor edge wear professionally repaired. Cleaned and treated with UV-resistant varnish. New hanging hardware included.
  • Gallery Location:
    Soquel, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: DBH7497*1stDibs: LU5429407862

More From This Seller

View All
"Are You Sleepy Tonight?" Interior with Nude
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of a bedroom interior by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on a photograph, a slightly out of focus figure can be see...
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Rainy Day Morning Scape" Contemporary Abstract Figurative Original Oil Painting
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rainy Day Morning Scape" Contemporary Abstract Figurative Original Oil Painting A unique contemporary figurative abstract on oval shaped canvas by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). The subject, a close-up of a figure lying in bed with their curled fingers in front of their face, is depicted as if the viewer is looking through the lens of a camera and taking a snapshot of a moment in time. The artist utilizes an interesting perspective and varying degrees of focus to achieve this effect, as the surrounding patterned bed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude Woman in Bed with Mirror - Figurative Portrait in Oil on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman in Bed with Mirror - Figurative Portrait in Oil on Canvas Modern portrait of a nude woman by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The woman is laying in bed, ...
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Abstracted Figurative - Man's Morning
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Oil Painting of Man's Morning by Cynthia Bissell Wonderfully evocative mid century figurative of male awaking to day by artist Cynthia Bissell (American, 1924 - 2000), 1961...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"After Image" Contemporary Abstract Interior
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on an out of focus photograph, this piece stradd...
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Trying to Hide the Flower Thoughts" Figurative Nude Study Original Oil
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
"Trying to Hide the Flower Thoughts" Figurative Nude Study Three nude figures and flowers by Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932). Signed and dated by the artist in the lower lef...
Category

1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

You May Also Like

"High Self, Lower Body" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Chelsea Gibson
Located in East Quogue, NY
"High Self, Lower Body" - Contemporary figurative oil painting of a pair of female legs by Chelsea Gibson Medium: Oil on linen Size 25 x 20 inches. Offered unframed. "High Self...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Joint II" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Chelsea Gibson
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Joint II" - Contemporary figurative oil painting of a couple lying together on a bed by Chelsea Gibson Medium: Oil on linen Size 32 x 48 inches. Offered unframed. "Joint II" i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Self Portrait as Narcissus
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Metamorphosed Narcissus Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting myth
By Timothy Archer
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Signed lower right
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Narcissus with Venus Effect
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
An early work by Marc Zimmerman - Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman Title: 'Traysi & Marc: Summerland' , oil on canvas This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil