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Howard Kanovitz
Howard Kanovitz S/N lithograph by famed photorealist artist for The Paris Review

1968

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Howard Kanovitz Paris Review, 1968 Lithograph on wove paper 33 × 26 inches Pencil signed and numbered 9/200 Published by The Paris Review, New York, publisher; Chiron Press, New York, printer Unframed This work was part of a series of prints created over the years by some of the most renowned artists artists in the world, including photorealist artist Kanovitz (as well as Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein, Jack Youngerman, Robert Indiana, and later Ed Ruscha and many others) who were commissioned to create works to raise funds for the Paris Review literary publication. Published by The Paris Review; printed by Steven Poleskie at Chiron Press, New York. Howard Kanovitz Biography Howard Kanovitz was a leader of Photo Realism: a documenter of style and fashion, depicting members of the art scene at openings, or superimposing known critics and curators onto images of board room meetings. In his particular style, he explored the intersections of painting, photography, fiction, and fact. Kanovitz studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and The Art Studenst League in Woodstock where he worked with Yasuo Kyniyoshi before moving to New York an apprenticing with Franz Kline. As a member of New York’s downtown art scene, Kanovitz painted abstract paintings, which he exhibited at Tenth Street Galleries early in his career. Following his father’s death in 1963, Kanovitz went through family photos, an experience which prompted him to interrogate the relationship between images and perception. At this time, Kanovitz abandoned abstraction in favor of a figurative style and worked arduously in this new direction. These efforts culminated in a 1966 solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum, securing his place as a leader of Photo Realism among artists such as Larry Rivers, Alex Katz, and Chuck Close. His photo based, representational paintings exhibited at the Jewish Museum show were the first to be called “photo-realist” and shocked many in the art community prompting a symposium which was held at the New York Studio School for “downtown artists” to weigh in on this perennial “hot topic”, newly addressed by one of their own. Kanovitz first began using airbrush in 1967, giving his paintings a feeling of photographic perfection. Cut out figures created using this precisionist technique were placed in the viewers space, often in front of Kanovitz’s painted canvas depicting the luminaries of the art world of the time. This type of installation was the centerpiece in the first of several Waddell Gallery shows. Kanovitz has been the subject of many solo museum shows internationally and his work is collected by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, London, and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna. -Courtesy Eric Firestone Gallery
  • Creator:
    Howard Kanovitz (1929 - 2009, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Unframed and in very good condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745213908332

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