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

Michael Iskowitz
"Clowning Around" - Contemporary still life painting, oil on canvas

2018

$2,900
£2,214.14
€2,558.42
CA$4,071.05
A$4,537.61
CHF 2,380.73
MX$55,411.62
NOK 30,145.20
SEK 28,491.80
DKK 19,094.57

About the Item

Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and discovery. “Once inspired by a subject,” he says, he extends it into a series, “never knowing how the next image will materialize.” Sometimes a particular object triggers a whole new direction and he runs with it. Other times, childhood memories provide a reservoir of material from which he draws inspiration. This painting is part of his Toy Box series, in which Iskowitz places dolls and other toys in precarious and unnerving arrangements to represent the social and political dissonance at play in the world today. The color, size and lighting of the objects further heighten the dramatic effect. The painting is in excellent condition. The wooden frame is in fair condition and shows signs of being handled and hung numerous times.
  • Creator:
    Michael Iskowitz (1970, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2018
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    uniquePrice: $2,900
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    The painting is in excellent condition. The wood frame is in fair condition, showing minor some signs of being hung in various exhibitions.
  • Gallery Location:
    Nyack, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2816215587682

More From This Seller

View All
"Dolls in a Box" - Contemporary still life painting, oil on canvas
Located in Nyack, NY
Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and disc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Searching for Civilization" - Contemporary figurative painting, oil on canvas
Located in Nyack, NY
Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and disc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Fallen Man in Chair" Contemporary figurative painting, oil on canvas
Located in Nyack, NY
Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and disc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Scattered Tools" - Contemporary still life painting, oil on canvas
Located in Nyack, NY
Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and disc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Rusted Tools" - Contemporary still life, oil on canvas
Located in Nyack, NY
Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and disc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Stirs as a Blossom Stirs" - Contemporary surreal acrylic painting on wood panel
Located in Nyack, NY
Lotte Petricone's paintings blend representational and abstract imagery. The interplay of color, value, and texture creates a sense of space and movement throughout the image, while ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

You May Also Like

Jose Mijares Clown Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Jose Mijares (Cuban, 1921-2004) Marking(s); notes: signed; 1950 Materials: oil on canvas Dimensions (H, W, D): 38.5"h, 28.5"w; 46.5"h, 36.75"w frame Ad...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Oil Painting Circus Scene Clowns Rediscovered NY Artist Jonah Kinigstein
By Jonah Kinigstein
Located in Surfside, FL
Jonah Kinigstein "Death of a Clown" Large Oil on Board Painting of macabre circus scene with clowns Hand signed lower left and signed and titled verso Frame: 55 X 43 Image: 48 X 36 ...
Category

20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Beautiful new modernist work by Giancarlo Impiglia, "Theater of The Marionettes"
By Giancarlo Impiglia
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A new work by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia, who value can only increase. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, where he established a signature style on the shou...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

The Circus
By Roland Dubuc
Located in London, GB
'The Circus', gouache on art paper, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). Exploding in colour, this artwork presents a whimsical scene of one of the well known Parisian circuses. France has a long history of adoring and supporting circus troupes. Unknown to its many visitors, Paris hosts legendary circus companies complete with acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and animals. This artwork depicts clown musicians taking their final bows before calling it a night. For lovers of the excitement circuses generate this would be a wonderful addition to their home. Perhaps this art would be perfect for a child's room or the family den and games room. It is in good vintage condition and It is signed by the artist in the lower right hand corner. Please view the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video of the artwork may be provided. About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
Category

1970s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

The Circus
$1,744 Sale Price
20% Off
Colorful Surreal Abstract Expressionist Painting of a Macabre Group of Clowns
Located in Houston, TX
Surreal abstract expressionist painting of a group of clowns in the style of Belgian painter James Ensor. Combining the macabre with the playful, the work features distorted clowns a...
Category

1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Oil painting of Clown
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This is a painting done by the American artist L.A. McMillen. It is signed lower right and is in excellent condition for the period. This shows a clown scene with the face of a man i...
Category

Early 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil