$12,810
H 14.34 in W 9.97 in
Paul Jenkins -- Phenomena With Two Black Threads, Acrylic on Paper, Signed
By Paul Jenkins
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Paul Jenkins Phenomena With Two Black Threads, 1964 Acrylic on paper Hand signed lower right
Acrylic
$60Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.25 in W 32.5 in D 0.1 in
1985 After Paul Jenkins 'Phenomena' Abstract Multicolor Israel Offset Lithograph
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 26.25 x 32.5 inches ( 66.675 x 82.55 cm ) Image Size: 22.75 x 32.75 inches ( 57.785 x 83.185 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age Supp...
Offset
Price Upon Request
H 35 in W 53 in
Acrylic Painting by Paul Jenkins, Phenomena High Octave, 1970s Abstract, Bold
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Phenomena High Octave, Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Paul Jenkins 1923-2012, 1979 Additional
Canvas
Large Paul Jenkins Acrylic on Canvas
By Paul Jenkins
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Jenkins "Phenomena Prism Chambers" Signed Paul Jenkins(Ic), signed and dated Paul Jenkins
Acrylic
$30,000
H 25.99 in W 48.04 in
Phenomena Winter Harth by Paul Jenkins - Painting, Abstract Art
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Winter Harth by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Oil and sand on canvas 66 x 122 cm (26 x 48
Canvas, Oil
Phenomena with Black Anadem
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Paul Jenkins. "Phenomena with Black Anadem" is an abstract painting, ink, acrylic
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
H 28.75 in W 23.51 in
Phenomena Compass Reckoning by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Phenomena Pendant Compass 2007 By Paul Jenkins Signed lower right Acrylic on canvas 73 x 59.7
Canvas, Acrylic
Phenomena Pendant Compass by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Phenomena Pendant Compass 2010 By Paul Jenkins Signed, dated and titled verso Acrylic on canvas
Canvas, Acrylic
Phenomena Dervish Spell
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Paul Jenkins Phenomena
Canvas, Acrylic
$80,000
H 58 in W 40.95 in
Phenomena Prism Mirror by Paul Jenkins - Abstract painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Phenomena Prism Mirror by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on
Canvas, Acrylic
$66,000
H 36.01 in W 20.01 in
Phenomena High Born by Paul Jenkins - Abstract painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Phenomena High Born by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on
Canvas, Acrylic
$56,000
H 29.14 in W 23.63 in
Phenomena like Byron by PAUL JENKINS - Abstract Expressionist, colour
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena like Byron by PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 74 x 60 cm (29¹/₈ x 23⁵/₈ inches
Canvas, Acrylic
$60,000
H 29.93 in W 39.97 in
Phenomena Spectrum Guardian by Paul Jenkins, Abstract Expressionist artist
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Spectrum Guardian by Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012) Acrylic on canvas 76 x 101.5 cm (29 ⁷/₈
Acrylic, Canvas
$52,000
H 29.93 in W 24.02 in
Phenomena Celtic Fire Torc by Paul Jenkins - Abstract painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Celtic Fire Torc by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 76 x 61 cm (29⁷/₈ x 24
Canvas, Acrylic
$63,000
H 29.93 in W 39.38 in
Phenomena Quoth by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist painting, 1963-64
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Quoth by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 76 x 100 cm (29 ⁷/₈ x 39 ³/₈ inches
Canvas, Acrylic
$48,500
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
Phenomena Entreat the Caves by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Entreat the Caves by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ³/₄
Canvas, Acrylic
$144,000Sale Price|28% Off
H 76.5 in W 58.63 in
Phenomena West Mantle (1968). Acrylic on canvas painting by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Hong Kong, HK
An emblematic example of Paul Jenkins mastery. It is not by hazard that Phenomena West Mantle was
Canvas, Acrylic
"Phenomena"
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Astoria, NY
Paul Jenkins (American, 1923-2013), "Phenomena" Series, Offset Lithograph in Colors, signed in
Offset
Phenomena: Prevailing
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was a major American abstract painter who formally established his
Canvas, Acrylic
Phenomena: Sun Stalker
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was a major American abstract painter who formally established his
Watercolor
Phenomena White Chalise
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Paul Jenkins’s intuitive, chance-based painting techniques helped pioneer new approaches to
Canvas, Acrylic
Phenomena Procession Falls
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Phenomena Procession Falls" is a watercolor on paper work by Paul Jenkins, made in 1975. The
Paper, Watercolor
PHENOMENA GRID THREE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is inc...
Paper, Watercolor
PHENOMENA CROSS WIND ALTERNATE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Paul Jenkins. Artwork is
Canvas, Acrylic
"Phenomena Tide Finder" original lithograph
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1970 by Triton Press and published by Art In America. Size: 14 x 11 1/4 inches (358 x 284 mm). There is a horizontal center fold, as originall...
Lithograph
$29,500
H 43.5 in W 35.5 in
Phenomena Rights of King, Gouache on Paper, Framed, Signed, 1976
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
American artist Paul Jenkins (1923–2012). Jenkins titled many of his works with "Phenomena" to suggest the
Paper, Gouache
$11,000
H 21 in W 28 in
PHENOMENA Chinese Light Chalice 1989 Abstract Expressionist Watercolor, framed
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
As a teen, Paul Jenkins worked with ceramicist James Weldon which led to a fascination with glazes
Watercolor, Paper
$95,000
H 39.5 in W 59.5 in
Phenomena Royal House, Abstract Gouache on Paper, Late 20th Century
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Paul Jenkins American, 1923–2012 Paul Jenkins’s intuitive, chance-based painting techniques helped
Paper, Gouache
Unavailable
H 50 in W 38 in
PAUL JENKINS Large Original Watercolor Painting Signed Phenomena Abstract Art
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Bloomington, MN
Artist: Paul Jenkins Title: "Phenomena Light Beacon Original" Medium: Original Watercolor Painting
Watercolor
Unavailable
H 73 in W 43 in
Paul Jenkins Large Original Phenomena Monotype Signed Modern Abstract Painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Bloomington, MN
Paul Jenkins 73" x 38" Authentic & Original Monotype, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
Monotype
Phenomena Otherside
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
-Paul-de-Vence, France Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Museum of Modern Art, New
Paper, Watercolor
Unavailable
Phenomena Star Corral
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Phenomena Star Corral 1982 Watercolor on Arches paper 43 x 31 inches Signed "Paul Jenkins
Watercolor
Phenomena Right Beckons
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Phenomena Right Beckons, 2008 Watercolor on paper 22 x 15 in. PAUL JENKINS b. 1923, Kansas City
Paper, Watercolor
Phenomena Oracle Window
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
(framed) Signed lower right Signed, dated and titled, reverse PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012) Paul
Watercolor
Phenomena Franklin’s Kite
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Phenomena Franklin’s Kite 1974 Lithograph 26 x 19.5 inches Edition of 175 Signed
Lithograph
Phenomena Tondo Terra
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Museum of
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Phenomena Magic Antler
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
1973 Watercolor on paper 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm) Signed in ink, lower center
Paper, Watercolor
Phenomena Welcome Guest
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
1973 Watercolor on paper 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) Signed in ink, lower right
Paper, Watercolor
Phenomena 23rd Blessing
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Irvine, CA
Provenance: 1974 Martha Jackson Gallery Original invoice from Martha Jackson Gallery states the work is signed on the back on the actual paper on which it is painted. Excellent cond...
Watercolor
Phenomena- By East
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France Fonds National de L’art Contemporain du Ministere de la Culture et
Paper, Watercolor
PHENOMENA HIGH RIDE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Watercolor on paper Unique Signed bottom left Framed size: 31.4 x 23.4 x 1.2 inches Provenance: Gertude Kasle Gallery. Detroit, Mi.
Watercolor
Phenomena Land Crossing
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
watercolour painting
Phenomena Viewing Place
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Painting, signed
Acrylic, Canvas
Phenomena High Born
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Acrylic painting on canvas, signed
Phenomena Light Lime
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
mixed media painting, signed
Phenomena Baraka North
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Painting, signed
Phenomena Certain High Place
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Boca Raton, FL
An important figure in the New York School, Paul Jenkins contributed to the development of abstract
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Phenomena White Front Center
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
1990 Watercolor on paper 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm) Signed in ink, lower right
Paper, Watercolor
Phenomena Nearing the Cusp
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Baltimore, MD
Watercolor on paper, 31 1/8 x 43 1/4 inches unframed. Archivally framed in a handsome, chocolate-brown, wood frame by a professional museum framer using only archival, reversible p...
Watercolor
Phenomena As Above So Below
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Boca Raton, FL
An important figure in the New York School, Paul Jenkins contributed to the development of abstract
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Phenomena Mistral St. Jean Du Cap Ferrat
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
© Paul Jenkins Estate MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 21.5 in W 32 in
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Vermillion Baraka-21.5" x 32"-Offset Lithograph-1980
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Vermillion Baraka-21.5" x 32"-Offset Lithograph-1980-Abstract
Offset
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H 21.5 in W 32 in
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Gold Coast-21.5" x 32"-Offset Lithograph-1975-Abstract
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Gold Coast-21.5" x 32"-Offset Lithograph-1975-Abstract
Offset
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H 37.5 in W 24 in
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Sur Le Drapeau-37.5" x 24"-Offset Lithograph-1980
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Sur Le Drapeau-37.5" x 24"-Offset Lithograph-1980-Abstract
Offset
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H 49.9 in W 59.8 in D 0.1 in
Paul Jenkins, Phenomena Wind Branch - Monumental Signed - Oil on Canvas
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jenkins Phenomena Wind Branch Dimensions: 126.8 cm x 152.3 cm (49.9 x 59.8 in.) Signed and
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 21.5 in W 32 in D 0.1 in
Paul Jenkins 'Phenomena Vermillion Baraka' 1980- Vintage
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster promotes Paul Jenkins' showcase at *ART 80*, held at the Washington
Offset
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H 40.25 in W 32.25 in D 1.5 in
Paul Jenkins Phenomena Semaphore East Abstract Expressionist Signed Watercolor
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
expressionist artist Paul Jenkins. Hand signed on the bottom right. Verso is annotated with medium, title, and
Paper
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H 23 in W 23 in
Paul Jenkins-Phenomena Durango Wedge-23" x 39"-Poster-1985-Multicolor
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poster created by Jenkins to advertise the 1985 American Music Theater Festival.
Offset
Phenomena
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Paul Jenkins Phenomena is a unique and original acrylic on paper. This work is hand-signed by Paul
Acrylic
Paul Jenkins Abstract Oil Painting Phenomena Minister's Séance
Located in Milford, NH
with an inscription en verso "Paul Jenkins, Phenomena Minister's Séance, 1971" and mounted in a simple
Canvas
Phenomena Spectrum, Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena Spectrum Year: 1976 Medium
Lithograph
Phenomena Franklin's Kite, Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena Franklin's Kite Year: 1974 Medium
Lithograph
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H 30 in W 24.5 in D 1.5 in
Contemporary Modern Framed Paul Jenkins Signed Phenomena Prism Helmet Acrylic
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a bold, original, framed, Paul Jenkins acrylic painting, entitled
Acrylic
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H 55.01 in W 72.01 in D 1.19 in
Phenomena East Prevailing - Original Oil and Acrylic by P. Jenkins - 1967
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Roma, IT
Contemporary artist Paul Jenkins (Kansas City, Missouri, 1923 - Manhattan, NY, 2012). Oil Painting and Acrylic
Oil, Acrylic
Paul Jenkins, Composition, Watercolor on Paper, circa 1970, USA
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Paul Jenkins (1923-2012), Composition (Phenomena), Watercolor on paper, Signed lower right
Paper
Phenomena Open Light
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
across the image. Artist: Paul Jenkins Title: Phenomena Open Light Date: 1973 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
Phenomena Diamond Cut
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena Diamond Cut Year: 1980 Medium
Acrylic Polymer
Phenomena Open Light
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena Open Light Year: 1983 Medium
Lithograph
Phenomena Diamond Cut
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Original painting by American Abstract Expressionist, Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012). Paul Jenkins
Paint
Phenomena West Wind Sounding
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
. Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena West Wind Sounding Year: 1979 Medium
Canvas, Oil
Phenomena Prayer Rug
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract Expressionist painting.
Acrylic, Canvas
PHENOMENA WIND RELIANCE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is inc...
Watercolor, Paper
Phenomena Near Heaven Hill
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was a major American abstract painter who first established his reputation
Watercolor
PHENOMENA OCCULLATION BY LUNA
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is inc...
Watercolor
Phenomena Land in Sight
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Acrylic, Canvas
PHENOMENA CROSS WIND ALTERNATE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers wi...
Acrylic, Canvas
Phenomena Broadway Prism at 42nd St
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Paul Jenkins American, 1923–2012 Paul Jenkins’s intuitive, chance-based painting techniques helped
Canvas, Oil
Phenomena West Wind Sounding, Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena West Wind Sounding Year: 1979 Medium
Acrylic
Paul Jenkins "Phenomena Bordering Orion" Watercolor on Paper, 1981
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Camden, ME
Paul Jenkins watercolor titled "Phenomena Bordering Orion" from 1981. Signed Paul Jenkins on the
Acrylic
Phenomena Matterhorn Throw
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
watercolor on paper Signed lower left, "Paul Jenkins". Signed verso "Paul Jenkins, Phenomena
Paper, Watercolor
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H 28.67 in W 23.71 in
Phenomena Enigma by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
. Phenomena Enigma by PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 72.8 x 60.2 cm (28 ⁵/₈ x 23 ³/₄ inches
Acrylic
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H 34.5 in W 24 in D 0.3 in
Phenomena Sur Le Drapeau (Hand Signed and Inscribed)
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Paul Jenkins Phenomena Sur Le Drapeau (Hand Signed and Inscribed), 1980 Offset Lithograph poster on
Board, Lithograph, Offset
Phenomena
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Phenomena Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen
Screen
Phenomena Egyptian Garland
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Carl Jung and eastern religions, Paul Jenkins prefaces the titles of his works with the word "Phenomena
Paper, Watercolor
Phenomena Heart's Blood
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Milford, NH
A vibrant abstract expressionist watercolor by American artist Paul Jenkins (1923-2012). Jenkins
Paper, Watercolor
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Limestone
$1,412
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph 1964 Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives) Mourlot Press, 1964 Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 201...
Lithograph
Untitled (Iron Forest)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis (1923-1994) Untitled (Iron Forest) 1989 Acrylic on prepared paper 91.4 x 182.9 cms (36 x 72 ins) SF012
Acrylic
Soup Box - Onion (unique painting on canvas)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique acrylic painting and silkscreen on canvas. Hand signed and dated by Andy Warhol on verso. Martin Lawrence provenance label on verso. Canvas size 20 x 20 inches. The artwor...
Screen, Canvas, Acrylic
$29,500
H 42 in W 30.25 in
Stripes Watercolor on Paper, Abstract Expressionist, Late 20th Century
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Stripes by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Watercolor on paper 42 x 30 ¼ inches unframed (106.68 x 76.835 cm) 47 ½ x 35 ½ inches framed (120.65 x 90.17 cm) Inscribed (Jenkins) on bottom cen...
Watercolor
Celestial Wink
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Paul Jenkins Celestial Wink c. 1970 Watercolor 14 5/8 x 22 1/2 in. Signed ABOUT THE WORK This work has all the elements of a great Jenkins watercolor. It has...
Watercolor
$700
H 36 in Dm 6 in
International Very Special Arts signed, inscribed Abstract Expressionist poster
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Paul Jenkins International Very Special Arts Festival poster, 1994 hand signed and dated by Paul Jenkins Measures: 37 inches (vertical) x 25 inches (horizontal) Ships rolled in a tub...
Offset, Ballpoint Pen, Lithograph
$24,000
H 32 in W 24 in D 2 in
Paul Jenkins Watercolor "Phenomenal Magnet" 1972 Abstract Expressionist
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Toledo, OH
Paul Jenkins original watercolor titled "Phenomenal Magnet" circa 1972. Painted on wove paper with a blind stamp veritable paper. Image is 21.5" x 30". Two gallery tags, Martha Galle...
Paper
$87,290
H 38.27 in W 51.26 in
Phenomenon East of the River, Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Phenomenon East of the River by Paul Jenkins...
Canvas, Acrylic
Born in Kansas City, the multimedia artist, poet and playwright Paul Jenkins began his studies at Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Students League in New York City. After his discharge from military service at the end of February 1946, he briefly studied playwriting with dramatist George McCalmon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Thereafter, Jenkins spent four years studying with Japanese-American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi in New York City. His first solo exhibitions were held at Studio Paul Facchetti in Paris in 1954 and the Martha Graham Gallery in New York City in 1956. Over the past 30 years, numerous retrospectives have been curated across the globe and Jenkins’s work can be found in national collections from Europe and the United States to Israel, Australia and Japan.
The diversity of Jenkins’s work springs from a wealth of eclectic influences. Some of his earliest works included what he called "interior landscapes” influenced by ancient natural forms. Frequent student visits to the Frick Collection in New York fostered a love of the great masters, while trips to the renowned Eastern collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City evoked powerful responses to a monumental Chinese fresco of Buddha, polychrome sculptures of the enlightened Bodhisattva, the Buddhist goddess of mercy Kuan-Yin, Indian bronzes of Hindu god Shiva and statues of meditative Buddhist lohans. Serving in the US Naval Air Corps during the Second World War, Jenkins painted watercolours of Japanese Kabuki dancers and read the ancient Chinese poetic teachings of the I Ching and Lao Tse Tung’s Tao Te Ching, described by him as "masterpieces in simplicity.” Jenkins’s discovery of psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s book Psychology and Alchemy was as illuminating for his practice as were formative meetings with dancer Martha Graham, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Abstract Expressionist painters Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman.
Concerned with colour and texture, nearness and distance as well as reality and mysticism, Jenkins’s work — considered to be part of the second wave of Abstract Expressionism — is a spiritual meditation on the nature of chance, balance, synchronicity, change and transformation. His ejection from an early art class in Kansas City for eating the still life appears instructive: "For me the pear is to be eaten and experienced, not painted.” Jenkins sought to reject the traditional Neo-Platonic approach to art as well as life in favour of a Taoist concern for the “present moment.” In this sense his paintings become spiritual reflections on the transitory present, life merely a rippled dance upon the water’s surface. Jenkins’s death in 2012 and the subsequent release of important works onto the market by his estate increased global interest in his work and they have grown in value and popularity. Jenkins’s works can be found in public and private collections worldwide.
(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)