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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbors Goods (The Tenth Commandment) Signed/N print

1987

$1,000
£751.93
€869.46
CA$1,411.28
A$1,531.31
CHF 812.33
MX$18,804.31
NOK 10,045.87
SEK 9,513.43
DKK 6,490.19

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Richard Bosman Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbors Goods (The Tenth Commandment), 1987 2 Color Lithograph with hand coloring on Dieu Donne handmade paper 24 × 18 inches Signed and numbered 6/84; with unique hand-coloring Unframed Created as part of the 1987 portfolio "The Ten Commandments", in which ten top Jewish American artists were each invited to choose an Old Testament commandment to interpret in contemporary lithographic form. The "Chosen" artists were, in order of Commandment: Kenny Scharf, Joseph Nechvatal, Gretchen Bender, April Gornik, Robert Kushner, Nancy Spero, Vito Acconci, Jane Dickson, Judy Rifka and Richard Bosman. This lithograph is in excellent condition; unframed. This is the first time it will have been removed from the original portfolio case. Lisa Liebmann, who wrote the introduction to the collection, observed: "The image has, for most of us, replaced the word." With respect to the present work she writes, "Richard Bosman has more chilling news in depicting the TENTH COMMANDMENT against coveting thy neighbor's home or goods, he addresses the current fashions in white collar crimes. Bosman's portrait of greed, in a scratchy nervous style befitting his more ambiguous subject, consists of two regular guys - the one in the business suit with a tentative hand on the back of the one in shirtsleeves, who seems to be pulling away with clenched fists. Nearby sits an open suitcase of money - and in the background, two shadows. Something tells us that the cool one in the power suit has put one over on the other. Something tells us that he'll get away with it -- that even God has lost interest in this Commandment.” Richard Bosman Biography Richard Bosman (b. 1944, Madras, India) is a narrative painter and printmaker of cinematic, dramatic, and expressive imagery. In a manner akin to single-frame or stop-action techniques borrowed from film or comic strips, his work captures moments of suspense and possible catastrophe. After being raised in Egypt and Australia, Bosman studied at the Byam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing in London, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and The New York Studio School. A major figure in what has been referred to as American Figurative Expressionism, Bosman received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1994. His paintings and prints are included in museum collections throughout the world, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Library of Congress, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York Public Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, and more. Bosman currently lives and works in Esopus, New York.
  • Creator:
    Richard Bosman (1944, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1987
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745214928182

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