Late 20th Century Abstract Prints

Gottfried Honegger Parmenides: Das Herz der Wahrheit. Fragmente. Folio with 3 Original Etchings on handmade Velin d'Arches Year: 1990 Size: 8.25x5.5.5in on 11.625x7.75in Edition 26 S...

Robert Savoie, Canadian (1939 - ) - Blue Streaks, Year: 1976, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 38/50, Image Size: 17.75 x 19 inches, Siz...

Roy Ahlgren (American, 1927 - 2011) Embryo, 1982 Serigraph on wove paper Signed, title and edition in pencil in lower margin Edition 8/130 Sheet: 22 1/4in H x 29 3/4in L (unframed) ...

Artist: Doo Shik Lee, Korean (1947 - 2013) Title: Impressions of Women Year: 1993 Medium: Suite of Five Lithographs on Arches, Each signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Size: ...

Dorothy Dehner, American (1901 - 1994) - Navaho, Year: 1970, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 77/150, Image Size: 17 x 22 inches, Size: 20 x 26 in. ...

Pierre SOULAGES (1919-2022) Etching XXIIIb, 1974 Original etching and aquatint (Lacourière and Frelaut workshop) Unsigned Limited edition of 50 unnumbered copies On Arches vellum, 2...

Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...

Edward Landon 'Astral Comic', color serigraph, 1978, edition 25, Ryan 12. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Edition 25' in pencil. A superb, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on ...

Philip Guston at David McKee Gallery (pencil signed by Philip Guston), 1974 Lithograph and offset lithograph poster Signed in graphite pencil under the image 24 1/2 × 20 inches Unframed, unnumbered Rare vintage lithographic poster of 1974 Guston exhibition at David McKee Gallery Signed under the image in graphite pencil by Philip Guston Another hand signed edition is in the permanent collection of Vassar College; otherwise we haven't seen another besides the present work; a true collectors item when hand signed by the artist. Philip Guston Biography Philip Guston (1913 – 1980) is one of the great luminaries of twentieth-century art. His commitment to producing work from genuine emotion and lived experience ensures its enduring impact. Guston’s legendary career spanned a half century, from 1930 to 1980. His paintings—particularly the liberated and instinctual forms of his late work—continue to exert a powerful influence on younger generations of contemporary painters. Born in Montreal, Canada, in 1913 to poor Russian Jewish émigrés, Guston moved with his family to California in 1919. Briefly attending the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1930, he was otherwise completely self-taught. Guston’s first precocious work, Mother and Child, was completed when he was only seventeen years of age. Influenced by the social and political landscape of the 1930s, his earliest works evoked the stylized forms of Giorgio de Chirico and Pablo Picasso, social realist motifs of the Mexican muralists, and classical properties of Italian Renaissance frescoes of Piero della Francesca and Masaccio that he had seen only in reproduction. Painted in Mexico with another young artist, the huge fresco The Struggle Against War and Fascism drew national attention in the US. Guston’s success continued in the WPA, a Depression-era government program that commissioned American artists to create murals in public buildings. While not widely known today, the young artist’s early experiences as a mural painter allowed a development of narrative and scale that he would draw upon in his late figurative work. In the early 1940s, as the WPA program was ending, Guston found work teaching at universities in the Midwestern United States. In his studio, he was working in oils on easel paintings that were more personal and smaller in scale, focusing on portraits and allegories, like Martial Memory and If This Be Not I. His first solo exhibition in Iowa was well received and, within a few years, he was offered his first solo show in New York City. Guston was awarded a Prix de Rome, allowing him to leave teaching and spend a year in Italy, studying firsthand the Italian masters he loved. By the time he had finished The Tormentors, Guston’s move to abstraction was all but complete. On his return from Italy, he continued dividing his time between the artists’ colony of Woodstock in Upstate New York and New York City, which was then emerging as the center of the postwar art world. He rented a studio on 10th Street, where abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko also worked. For Guston, success was never what mattered most. He was already impatient with the language of pure abstraction and experimenting with larger forms, using a limited palette of grays, pinks and blacks. As his forms became still more reduced, he stopped painting altogether and embarked on a series of simplified abstract “pure drawings” in brush or charcoal. At this juncture, Guston removed himself from the art scene in New York, living and working in Woodstock for the remainder of his life. Guston’s move ­was hardly a withdrawal. Freed from the distractions and formal constraints of the art world and the opinions of critics, he was able to experiment with new forms and to engage more deeply with the issues that mattered to him. The 1960s was a period of great social upheaval in the United States, characterized by assassinations and violence, civil rights and anti-war protests. “When the 1960s came along I was feeling split, schizophrenic,” Guston later said. “The war, what was happening to America, the brutality of the world. What kind of man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines...

Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes. In excellent condition. Unframed. Image measures 9 1/8 x 21 inches. Pencil signed and dated lower right. Edition size in pencil lower left: #3 of 30. (13) R-341 Werner Drewes (1899-1985) Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia. In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Mondrian and Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building...

Villa Nueve by Conrad Marca-Relli, American (1913–2000) Date: 1982 Lithograph on Somerset, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250 Size: 22 in. x 27 in. (55.88 cm x 68.58 cm)

Paul Herrmann Form on Black Background (Abstract, Modern, Mid-Century) Linocut 1970 Signed, titled and dated in stone on verso (along lower margin) Edition: 100 (not individually num...

Original, for the 1972 Munich, Germany Olympics. Linen-backed Art Series poster done For the Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972. The contemporary abstrac...

Joan Miró "M.1067" from Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas Original lithograph in colors on Vélin de Rives paper Hand signed by the artist and numbered III/XV from an edition of f...

Eduardo Paolozzi, British (1924 - 2005) - Totems and Taboos of the Nine to Five Day, Portfolio: General Dynamic F.U.N. Portfolio, Year: 1970, Medium: Photolithograph, signed and numb...

Artist: Larry Zox Medium: Serigraph Title: Niagara Series I Year: 1980 Edition: 75/175 Sheet Size: 26" x 35" Signed: Hand signed in pencil

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Art Expo, Year: 1977, Medium: Poster, Size: 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 58.42 cm)

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in Ameri...

Mark Tobey, American (1890 - 1976) - Subtle Souvenir, Year: 1974, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 10.25 x 8 inches, Size: 26 x 20 in. (66....

Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on Cambersand paper, mounted on vélin paper, as issued. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York; distributed by Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; rubber stamp engraved by Unity Engraving Company Inc, Englewood; printed by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York, under the direction of Aaron Arnow, New York, from an edition of M, 1977. ROBERT MANGOLD (1937) is an American minimalist artist. His son is the film director, producer and screenwriter James Mangold. “Robert Mangold’s paintings...

Alexander CALDER Les Travestis du Reel, 1979 Original vintage lithograph poster Printed in Atelier Arts-Litho Printed signature in the plate 82 x 57 cm (c. 32.2 x 22.4 in) Excelle...

James Rosenquist An Intrinsic Existence, 1975 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On vellum 31 x 24 cm Edited by San Lazarro, 1975 Excellent condition

Working Trial Proof Silkscreen Serigraph Includes Documentation and Official Stamps Please note this artwork is not hand signed or editioned

Abstract composition is a colored etching realized by Hsiao Chin in 1977. The artwork is hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left.  Edition of...

Artist: Patrice Breteau, French (1942 - ) Title: Sundial Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: A/P Image Size: 27.25 x 27.25 in. (69.22 x 69.22 cm) Frame: 32...

"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...

NEW DECO by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original handmade limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. NEW ...

"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 1, Folder 19, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...

Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or, Plate X is a beautiful color lithograph on Japanese paper, realized in 1971 by the Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró (Montroing, 1893 - Mallorca, 1983)...

Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School)" Portfolio: Fresh Air School *Unsigned edition Year: 1972 Medium: Original Lithograph on white ...

Karel Appel Tibetan Bird Animals and monsters series Print - Lithograph 22.0'' x 30'' inches Year: 1979 Edition: signed in pencil and marked 134/175 Karel Appel is one of the foundi...

This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Rouge et bleu sur jaune (Red and Blue on Yellow), originates from the historic 1973 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 20...

Robert Savoie, Canadian (1939 - ) - Graffiti, Year: 1977, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, titled on verso, Edition: 39/50, Image Size: 2...

Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el jardin de Miro (Number 22) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 150...

Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Surrealist Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XX...

Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. Here, Ricard traverses visual art, text, and the pleasure of sculptural trompe-l’œil with this printed drawing of melancholy hand-written and typed love poetry, composed with natural earthen shades of antique white and brown. Monet Portrait of Jeanne Duval...

Peter Halley Jablonka Galerie, Köln (Hand Signed), 1990 Offset lithograph (Hand Signed by Peter Halley) 26 1/2 × 30 inches (ships rolled in a tube 37 x 6 x 6) Signed by Peter Halley ...

Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian, limited edition print. Hand signed and numbered Signature on the corner. Edition 44 of 45. metallic silver aluminum. Baj was an Italian artist best k...

John Baldessari The Sprinters, 1982 Limited Edition Offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by letter of authenticity from the publisher 36 x 24 inches Unframed Provenance: Acquired as part of the complete SIGNED 1984 Olympic Lithographic Print Portfolio Exhibition History: Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2017 (different edition) Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic Committee letterhead. This is one of 750 hand signed lithographic posters, published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...

Artist: Italo Valenti, Italian (1912 - 1995) Title: Untitled (Verde) Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 27 x 29.5 inches

A very good impression of this color lithograph on Waterleaf white wove paper. One of 25 Roman numeral impressions, aside from the Arabic numeral edition of 100. Signed and numbered ...

Judy Pfaff Wufu Wu (The Five Chinese Blessings), 1995 Signed, dated, numbered and titled in graphite pencil on the front Edition of 120 (unnumbered) Original etching on Japanese Kozo...

Silksreen, 1988 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA Edition : 275 ex. Publisher : Association AIDES 61.50 cm. x 50.00 cm. 24.21 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 41.00 cm. x 2...

As always, Caviar20 is thrilled to present the esteemed work of Louise Nevelson - one of the most revered and unique artists of the 20th century. Although Nevelson is best known f...

Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published and printed by Bank Street Atelier, New York, 1973. I...

Tom Wesselmann Shiny Nude (Stealingworth, 33), 1977 Silkscreen on glossy cast-coated Kromekote paper 8 × 8 inches Edition of 1000 (AP/1000) Pencil numbered ...

Colored Composition is an original screen print realized by Umberto Maria Casotti in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 27/80 pri...

Rainbow shades shine in this abstract, color field print. Vibrant red, yellow, orange, purple, and green lines take on the organic quality of handmade paper, resulting in this subtle...

This lithograph was created by Catalan artist Antoni Tapies. Tàpies started as a surrealist painter, and his early works were influenced by Paul Klee and Joan Miró. However, he soon ...

Robert Mangold A Square with Four Squares Cut Away, 1976 Numbered on the back Rubber stamp print on custom cut Cambersand paper Stamp made by Unity Engraving Company, Inc. Printed by...

Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - L'eau est Mana, Year: 1974, Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50/200, Image Size: 21.5 x 30 inche...

Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 19.5 x 28.25 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné refere...

Dondi White, Futura, Lee Quinones, Crash, Daze, Lady Pink & Zephyr: Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground (1995): This rare, complete portfolio of 7 hand-signed limited edition screen-prints, was published on the occasion of the 1995 exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: a historic event exploring the evolution of 1980’s New York graffiti legends: Crash, Daze, Dondi, Futura, Lee Quinones, Lady Pink, and Zephyr. The seldom seen complete set of 7 works accompanied by both original portfolio covers, makes for a standout addition to any 1980’s New York graffiti collection. Medium: 7 individual screen-prints in colors on fine, deckle-edged Stonehenge paper; plus a screen-printed portfolio cover on heavy matte paper. 1995. Each work individually measures: 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm). Each hand-signed & numbered in pencil by the respective artists from an edition of 100 (5 works signed & numbered frontside; with Futura & Lady Pink signed & numbered on the reverse). Condition: Prints: Some very minor signs of handling; rubbing on the right lower edge of Zephyr; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition as pictured. Superb overall print quality & color separation. Fine archival paper. Portfolio casing (last image) contains some minor signs of aging & handling. Collections: The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Dondi White: Dondi was an American graffiti artist best known for his dynamic lettering and stick figures. His work, whether painted on canvas or on walls, is characterized by a dynamic energy and explosive use of color. Dondi became associated with a group of legendary artists working in the East Village, including Futura, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His canvas works reiterated the lettering, symbolic icons, and stick figures that were his signature marks on the streets, while his later work from the 1990s included collages that juxtaposed pencil drawings with blueprints of the subway system—which had previously served as his canvas. Futura: Futura 2000 is a contemporary American graffiti artist. Over the course of his career, he transitioned from making New York-based subway graffiti in the early 1970s, to exhibiting at Fun Gallery in the 1980s alongside major artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf. He went on to collaborate with the punk band The Clash, designing their album art and performing live graffiti during their concerts. Today, McGurr’s work can be found in the collections of the Museo de Arte Moderna di Bologna, the Musée de Vire in France, and the Museum of the City of New York. Lee Quinones: Lee Quinones is an American-Puerto Rican artist known for the graffiti he made on New York subway cars during the 1970s and 1980s. Quinones addressed political and cultural issues through his graffiti, with quotes such as “Earth is Hell...

Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VII Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 119/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed...

The Soldier's Ballad is a contemporary artwork realized by Max Ernst in 1972. Mixed colored lithograph on Arches Paper. Edited by Manus Presse, Stuttgart 1972. Not signed and not ...

Lithograph realized by Costantino Persiani in 1971. Limited Edition of 120. Excellent condition.

American Trotting Horses No. 2 by Salvador Dali has dynamic movement in the two trotting horses with an added giant Dalian insect head in coll...

Joan Miró Litografia Original II Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.35 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Pari...

Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974). NIGHT GLOW. Etching and aquatint in colors, 1971. Edition of 65. Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 17/65 in pencil. Published and printed by 2RC Edizi...

Dan Flavin Rare invitation poster for 1970 ACE Gallery exhibition, 1970 Letterpress and stencil on colored paper Not signed Frame included Floated in the original ACE gallery vintage wood frame. Measurements: Framed: 17.75" x 17.75" x 1.6 inches Poster: 16 inches x 16 inches Extremely uncommon letterpress and stencil poster designed by Dan Flavin on the occasion of his 1970 exhibition “Two Cornered Installations in Colored Fluorescent Light from Dan Flavin” at the legendary Ace Gallery in Los Angeles. The poster, like most exhibition invitations of that era (including those from the Leo Castelli gallery in New York) was undated, as these works were so much of the moment. This work was acquired directly from the collection of the ACE Gallery. Other than the present work, we've never seen another example of this collectors item anywhere in the world, on or off the market (If anyone is aware of others, we'd love to see!) More about the legendary ACE gallery, and the sale of some of its art collection from the bankruptcy estate, from where the present work was acquired: ACE Gallery founder Douglas Chrismas opened his own frame shop and gallery in Vancouver at the age of 17. His gallery became known as a venue where Vancouver artists could show alongside major New Yorkers, and get the feeling of belonging to a bigger scene. In the 60s and early 70s he brought artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Carl Andre, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, and Donald Judd to Vancouver, Canada. The gallery expanded to Los Angeles in 1967 at the former Virginia Dwan Gallery space in Westwood, and then further expanded to New York in 1994. The galleries were noted for doing museum-level exhibitions by up and coming and internationally renowned artists. While in New York the gallery’s presence was amplified by doing exhibitions in conjunction with cultural institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Cartier Foundation (Paris). Under Chrismas' directorship, ACE Gallery has had either offices or galleries in art centers outside of the United States, such as Mexico City, Paris, Berlin. and Beijing. In 1972, Chrismas mounted Robert Irwin’s installation Room Angle Light Volume at the first ACE/Venice, which opened at 72 Market Street in 1971. In 1977, ACE mounted exhibitions of work by Frank Stella and Robert Motherwell, along with Michael Heizer’s Displaced/Replaced Mass. Installed at ACE/Venice, the Heizer piece required that huge chunks be gouged out of the gallery floor to create recessed areas able to accommodate boulders. In April 2016, ACE Gallery emerged from a three-year bankruptcy proceeding under the leadership of Sam S. Leslie. In May 2016, founder Douglas Chrismas was terminated from all roles at the gallery. In July 2021, Douglas Chrismas was arrested by the FBI and charged with embezzlement. In May 2022, Douglas Chrismas was ordered to repay 14.2 million in ACE art sale profits, which were diverted to personal accounts. Chrismas is awaiting criminal trial in January, 2023. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Controversies In a 1983 lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, Rauschenberg sought $500,000 from Chrismas' Flow ACE Gallery; the artist won a $140,000 judgment in the suit in 1984. Eventually the two reconciled their differences and in 1997 Robert Rauschenberg insisted that ACE Gallery New York (in conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum) host his Retrospective. In 1986, Chrismas pleaded no contest after Canadian real estate developer C. Frederick Stimpson alleged that he had improperly sold work belonging to the collector, among them pieces by Andy Warhol and Rauschenberg. Under the terms of the settlement, Chrismas agreed to pay Stimpson $650,000 over a period of five years. He continues to work with the Stimpson family in handling their art interests. In 1989, ACE Gallery wanted to borrow a work by Judd along with Carl Andre's 1968 Fall, both owned by Count Giuseppe Panza, for an exhibition devoted to minimal art called The Innovators Entering into the Sculpture. Rather than shipping the two large scale works from Italy, Panza authorized ACE Gallery to refabricate the pieces in Los Angeles. In Panza's collection archives, there is a series of signed certificates signed by Judd that granted Panza broad authority over the works by Judd in his collection. These certificates "authorized Panza and followers to reconstruct work for a variety of reasons," as long as instructions and documentation provided by Judd were followed and either he or his estate was notified. This even included the right to make "temporary exhibition copies, as long as the temporary copy was destroyed after the exhibition; and the right to recreate the work to save expense and difficulty in transportation as long as the original was then destroyed." Miwon Kwon, in her account of site specificity: "One Place After Another," presents the account of ACE Gallery recreating artworks by Donald Judd and Carl Andre without the artist's permission. Andre and Judd both publicly denounced these recreations as "a gross falsification" and a "forgery," in letters to Art in America, however, the fabrication of the pieces were permitted by Panza Collection in Italy, the owner of the works. Despite the confusion surrounding the Panza refabrications, both Carl Andre and Donald Judd maintained a professional relationship with Douglas Chrismas and ACE Gallery. Andre showcased works at ACE Gallery in 1997, 2002, 2007, 2011 and present day. In 2007, Carl Andre's show entitled "Zinc" was exhibited at ACE Gallery in Beverly Hills. Donald Judd paid a visit to The Innovators Entering into the Sculpture exhibition at ACE Gallery and agreed to keep his sculpture in the exhibition. After the exhibition was over, Chrismas planned to sell the metal used for the re-fabrication of Judd's work for scrap metal but Judd wanted to own the re-fabrication for himself. ACE Gallery then sold the re-fabrication of Donald Judd's work to Donald Judd. After having consigned more than $4 million worth of art to ACE Gallery to sell in 1997 and 1998, the sculptor Jannis Kounellis filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2006, accusing Chrismas of keeping most of the profits of artworks and refusing to return the pieces that did not sell. According to the lawsuit, the primary agreement between Kounellis and Chrismas was oral. Chrismas returned all of Kouenllis' artwork, and did a full accounting of the proceeds from Kounellis' work—minus the expense of exhibiting it. The matter was resolved between the two of them and ACE Gallery still sells and exhibits Kounellis' work today. By 2006, Chrismas had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at least six times since 1982, barring most of his creditors from collecting the money immediately owed to them. Chrismas filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect the gallery's extensive real estate holdings from the problematic landlord. The landlord of the Wilshire Boulevard space, Wilshire Dunsmuir Company, claimed that ACE owed back rent and penalties however, the claim was disputed by Douglas Chrismas. In court papers, Chrismas Fine Art claimed that it would cure "the pre-petition" debt by Feb. 1, 2000, and was asking the court to protect its right to remain in the property. A declaration filed by Douglas Chrismas characterized this leasehold as the business' primary asset. -Courtesy Wikipedia About Dan Flavin Dan Flavin (1933–1996) was a pioneer of Minimal Art. He rose to fame in the 1960s with his work with industrially manufactured fluorescent tubes, inventing a new art form and securing his place in art history. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel focuses on his works that are dedicated to other artists or make reference to certain events. Back in 1963 Dan Flavin mounted a single, industrial fluorescent light tube at a 45-degree angle to the wall of his studio declaring it art; the act was radical, and it still is. Indeed, it was owing to this action that standard commercial products would be introduced into art: The nascent Minimal Art of the era emphasised seriality, reduction and matter-of-factness. Somewhat ironically, while the autodidact Flavin never himself sought membership to this movement in art, he would, and quite literally, go on to become one of its most illustrious exponents. Flavin began work with fluorescent light tubes from the early 1960s on; arranged in so-called ‘situations’, he would then further develop them into series and large-scale installations. The colours and dimensions of the materials he used were prescribed by industrial production. Flooded in light, viewers themselves become part of the works: The space, along with the objects within it, are set in relation to each other and thus become immersive experiences of art triggering sensual, almost spiritual experiences. Flavin liberated color from the two-dimensionality of painting. The prevalent perception of his light works has, to date, largely centred on their minimalist, industrial aspect, and thus on the inherent simplicity of their beauty. The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel, by contrast, places emphasis on looking at Flavin’s oeuvre in a less familiar setting: His pieces, although initially without clearly recognisable signature, frequently make reference in their titles to concrete events, such as wartime atrocities or police violence, or are dedicated to other artists—as in the work untitled (in memory of Urs Graf...