Hook Art

Safety Pin Cloud is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 3 x 3 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray fram...

"Ai Weiwei's 'Artist Hand' is a striking sculpture that boldly presents a cast of the artist's hand with his middle finger extended. More than just a gesture, it encapsulates Ai Weiw...

Boat 2 - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5 Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity This is an Archival Pigment prin...

Eagle Owl Feet, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting...

Vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of pale pink ball with steel colored hook on a bright sky blue background 72 x 36 x 1.5 inches oil on canvas, thin wood stripping signed "Richards" on bottom right corner in yellow paint wire is installed on the back for easy hanging This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1981. The artist painted this piece when he was 60 years old during a successful career painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life. This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, close up views of industrial equipment against a vivid blue sky. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richard was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The pale pink colored ball and steel colored hook, down to each screw and bolt, is completed with extreme focus and precision. One could easily confuse this painting with a photograph since it was completed with a very smooth application of paint, with no texture built upon the surface. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork. The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with wire installed on the back.The artist's signature is located on the front and back of the canvas. About the artist: Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength. Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland. Resume: Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...

Original serigraphy from 1950 by Matti La Coloniale advertises the Société Amicale et Mutualiste d'Anciens Coloniaux et Anciens Combattants Coloniaux (Friendly and Mutual Society of ...

This image is from the series "Kroma". Pascal Goet looks for flowers, butterflies and other insect of items from the microworlds to attract our attention to the beauty of nature. P...

Vertebral Column Diseases is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal, Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, 1843. The work belongs to the...

Animal's Skeleton is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807). Signed in plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec ...

Ivan Zanoni's expert craftsmanship shows us this composition of 5 handmade and unique sculptures that provide the effect of watching crabs emerge from the sea. The measure written a...

African Tribal Tools is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and is part of a series entitled "Africa". Emmanuel Gondouin is a French Cubist painter...

This image is from the series "Kroma". Pascal Goet looks for flowers, butterflies and other insect of items from the microworlds to attract our attention to the beauty of nature. P...

Our histories are written in and on our bodies. Our identities are inseparable from our physical experiences, which are in turn shaped by genetic, cultural, and epigenetic heritages ...

Marine Iguana, Galápagas Islands, Ecuador, 2004 Sebastião Salgado International Shipping Available Stamped with photographer’s copyright blind stamp Signed, inscribed on reverse Undertaking projects of vast temporal and geographic scope, Sebastião Salgado (born 1944) is one of the most celebrated photojournalists working today. Whilst inescapably memorable for their beauty, Salgado’s photographs...

Art Sz: 12"H x 9"W Provenance: Gillian Dupont's The Old Habit Tack Shop Marshall, VA