Peter Halley

Untitled From the BAM III Portfolio

1991

Wonderful geometric abstract screen print abstract in black, blue and yellow by Margo Hoff (American, 1912-2008), circa 1980. Titled "Construction Over Yellow Sky" lower left and signed lower right. Unframed. Presented on mat. Image size: 22"H x 30"W. Margo Hoff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1912—the second oldest of eight children. Stricken with typhoid fever in 1923, she was bedridden for a summer and amused herself by drawing and making paper cutouts. Her formal studies began in high school and continued during two years at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. In 1933 she moved to Chicago where she took classes at Hull House, the National Academy of Art and, later, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She remained in Chicago until 1960 and the city’s vibrant mid-century art scene profoundly shaped the first half of her artistic career. Hoff’s Chicago paintings were almost entirely figurative and evidence a classic mid-century modern urbanism informed by Matisse, the Mexican muralists, and other artists of the local milieu. Hoff traveled extensively throughout her life, in the United States, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. When asked about the influences on her work Hoff stated “Almost anything except the work of other artists.” She cited the sources of her inspiration in “rocks, weeds, views from airplanes, rivers, subways, forests, machines, kinds of lights, red...

Earth tones, an abstract lithograph by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Presented in a metal frame. Signed indistinctly and dated "92" lower right. Titled lower middle and...

Tiefeng Jiang Title: The Stone Forest Edition: 9/20 Super Low Edition! Medium: Serigraph on hand-made paper Measurement...

Gold Sky with Silver Ribbon - Hand-Augmented Modern Collotype Print Delicate and layered collotype on heavy bond paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). The background of...

Abstract print by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Peace work. Presented in a new gray mat with foamcore ba...

An abstract, black and white lithograph contained in an interesting shape enclosed by clean negative space. Signed L. Siekman, titled Jupiter Four and numbered 9/10. It is part of a ...