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Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010
Huge Untitled Painted Metal Assemblage Sculpture, aluminum with nuts and bolts

$16,000
£12,064.07
€13,902.16
CA$22,196.33
A$24,870.86
CHF 12,946.23
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DKK 103,782.47
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Robert Arthur Goodnough (AMERICAN, 1917-2010) Untitled oil on aluminum with nuts and bolts Provenance: Christie's Auction House from the estate of William F. Buckley and Patricia F. Buckley Robert Goodnough (October 23, 1917 – October 2, 2010) was an American abstract expressionist painter. A veteran of World War II, Goodnough was one of the last of the original generation of the New York School; (although he has been referred to as a member of the "second generation" of Abstract Expressionists), even though he began exhibiting his work in galleries in New York City in the early 1950s. Robert Goodnough was among the 24 artists who were included in the famous 9th Street Art Exhibition, (1951) and in all the following New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals from 1953 to 1957. Early in his career starting in 1950 he showed his paintings at the Wittenborn Gallery, NYC. He had shown at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City. In later years his paintings were also associated with the Color Field movement. After the war in 1946 he attended the Ozenfant School of Fine Arts in New York and the Hans Hofmann summer school in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He earned his master's degree from New York University in 1950 after which he began to exhibit his paintings publicly and also to write articles for ARTnews magazine. In 1992 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1994. Goodnough’s 1950 research paper, paper constitutes the first scholarly work on the artists who became known as the Abstract Expressionists and includes interviews with William Baziotes, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. On Elaine de Kooning’s recommendation, he wrote art reviews and feature articles for ARTnews from 1950 to 1957. His first one-person exhibition took place in 1950 followed by solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago (1960 and ’61); the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Albright-Knox Art Museum (1969); and the Neuberger Museum of Art (1999). His work was shown in major group exhibitions, including The Art of Assemblage, MoMA (1961– 62) and the 1970 Venice Biennale, and it is in the collections of major museums, including MoMA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Chrysler Museum. Over the years, Goodnough’s work has been represented by galleries including Tibor de Nagy Gallery (NYC); André Emmerich Gallery (NYC); Harcus Krakow Gallery (Boston), Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery (NYC), and Margot Stein Gallery (Lake Worth, FL).
  • Creator:
    Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010 (1917 - 2010, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 105.5 in (267.97 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    some wear to surface and to paint. I believe this hung outdoors. in generally good, as expected condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38212192942

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