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John ButtonCon Edison1966
1966
$12,500
£9,658.42
€11,166.04
CA$17,663.40
A$19,810.68
CHF 10,374.55
MX$240,719.11
NOK 131,739.38
SEK 124,898.21
DKK 83,348.66
About the Item
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, l.l.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City
Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of California, Berkeley. After moving to New York City in the early 1950s, he became friends with Fairfield Porter and Frank O’Hara and assumed his part in the New York School of painters and poets.
Amidst the frenzy of Abstract Expressionism, Button remained true to his interest in realism, and is now most commonly associated with such New York School artists as Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher, and Alex Katz, among others. Concerning Button, Bill Berkson has written: “The scaled-up perceptual intimacy his best paintings assert is part of what the realist wing of the New York School developed, beginning in the ‘50s, as a counterthrust to—as well as an absorption of—abstraction’s headlong specifyings of applied paint.”
- Creator:John Button (1929 - 1982, American)
- Creation Year:1966
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU93232923101
John Button
John Button was a fine draftsman and drew from life models throughout his career. However, little-known are his sketches of male nudes and studio models from the School of Visual Arts, where Button taught, as well as personal acquaintances. Born in California, Button was educated at University of California, Berkeley. After moving to New York City in the early 1950s, he became friends with Fairfield Porter and Frank O’Hara and assumed his part in the New York School of painters and poets. Amidst the frenzy of Abstract Expressionism, Button remained true to his interest in Realism and was most commonly associated with such New York School artists as Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher and Alex Katz, among others.
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