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Artist: Chris Cristofaro
Blue Rectangles, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Cris Cristofaro 1978
By Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Blue Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Screenprint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Abstract Geometric Chris Cristofaro Art
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Blue Rectangles, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Cris Cristofaro 1978
By Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Navy and Blue Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 5...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Chris Cristofaro Art
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Green and Blue Rectangles, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Chris Cristofaro
By Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Untitled - Green and Blue Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 22 x...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Chris Cristofaro Art
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Blue and Red Rectangles, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Chris Cristofaro
By Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Untitled - Blue and Red Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Screenprint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil...
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Orange Rectangles, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Cris Cristofaro
By Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Untitled - Orange Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Screenprint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55....
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1970s Abstract Geometric Chris Cristofaro Art
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Blue Rectangles, Geometric Abstract Silkscreen by Cristofaro
By Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Untitled - Blue Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on Cream Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 22 x 30 in. (...
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Jean Marie Haessle was born in Buhl, Haut-Rhin, France. After living for a few years in Paris, he moved to New York City in 1967 where he still works and lives in his studio on Spring Street in Soho. Over the years, he had numerous shows in the US, New York, Miami, Texas and California, France and Italy (see the resume). In the mid-80’s he worked for a period in France (Paris, Lyon, and Cannes). In the late 90’s he worked in Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) where he had a one person show in 1997 in the Museo de Art in Queretaro. He had a survey exhibition of the last 30 years of his work at the Korean University Museum, Seoul, Korea in spring 2014 and a major one person show in the Namu Modern &Contemporary gallery in Seoul in September of the same year. In September 2016 he had a sold out show at the Wada Garou gallery in Tokyo, Japan. In recent years, he had numerous shows in Korea, Seoul and Busan as well as in Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.
One-Person Exhibitions
2021 Mizuma, Kips Gallery New York, USA
2020 Shijimi Gallery and Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
Mizuma, Kips Gallery New York, USA
Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art, New York, USA
2018 Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
Superior Gallery, Gangnam Seoul Korea
2017 Foley Gallery, New York, USA
KOUDOURAN, Kyoto, Japan
2016 Wada Garou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Soohoh Gallery, Korea
Kips Gallery New York, USA
2014 Paintings 1983 – 2013, Korea University Museum, Seoul, Korea
NaMu Modern & Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2013 Wada Garou Gallery Tokyo, Japan
Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Hillwood Art Museum, LIU Post, NU USA
Gallery Wooduk. Seoul Korea
SOOHOH Gallery, Seoul, Korea
bcs Gallery, Long Island City, NY, USA
2011 Chantal Bamberger Galerie, Strasbourg, France
Whitelabs Gallery, Milan, Italy
Kips Gallery New York, NY USA
2010 David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe NM, USA
Gallery AKA Space, Seoul Korea
Gallery One Tokyo, Japan
2009 Kips Gallery New York, NY USA
La Minoterie Penze, France
2008 Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA
2007 Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA
2000 Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF Mexico
1997 Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris France
Galerie Prebet, Roanne France
Galerie de la Tour, Altkirch France
Ecole des Beaux Arts de Metz, Metz France
Kunsthous Santa Fe, San Miguel de Allende Mexico
Museo de Art, Queretaro Mexico
Museo Regional de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala Mexico
1996 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
1995 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris France
Center Europeen d'action Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg France
Galerie Athisma, Lyon France
1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France
1993 Galerie Catherine Fletcher, Paris France
1991 Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
Galerie Athisma, Lyon France
1989 FCI Institut, New York NY USA
Galerie Jade, Colmar France
Galerie Laurentienne, Bordeaux France
1988 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France
1987 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France
Guggenheim Gallery, Miami Florida USA
1986 LittleJohn-Smith Gallery, New York NY USA
1985 Reynold Kerr Gallery, New York NY USA
Taylor Hudson Gallery, Boca Raton Florida USA
1981 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York NY USA
1980 RR Gallery, New York NY USA
1979 National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC USA
The Atlantic Gallery, Washington DC USA
1973 Westbroadway Gallery, New York NY USA
1972 Westbeth Gallery, New York NY USA
1968 Panoras Gallery, New York NY USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 KIAF art fair Seoul, Korea
Busan Art Fair, Kips gallery, Busan, Korea
Miami art fair, Miami, USA
2019 Busan Art Fair, Kips gallery, Busan, Korea
Kiaf Art Fair, Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art, Seoul, Korea
Osaka art fair, Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art, New York, NY USA
Busan Art Fair, Kips gallery, Busan, Korea
Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Busan Art fair, Kips Gallery, Busan, Korea
2016 Busan Art fair, Kips Gallery, Busan, Korea
Art Hamptons, Kips Gallery, NY USA
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
“Master Works” Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
“Diaspora in Contemporary Art” Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Korea to the United Nation , NY USA
Corps Accords Pôle Culturel, Drusenheim, France
Salon Zurcher, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY USA
2015 Palm Springs Art Fair, Kips Gallery, CA USA
Houston Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Houston TX, USA
Art Hamptons, Kips Gallery, NY USA
KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Busan Art fair, Kips gallery, Busan Korea
2014 CIGEE China International Gallery Exposition, Kips Gallery, Beijing, China
Palm Springs Art Fair, Kips gallery, CA USA
Houston Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Houston TX, USA
Art Hamptons, Kips Gallery, NY USA
KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea
David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe NM USA
2013 Art Hamptons, Kips gallery, NY USA
Houston Art Fair, Kips gallery, Houston, TX USA
KIAF Art Fair, Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Art Karlsruhe Germany, Galerie Chantal Bamberger
Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA
Lee C gallery, Seoul Korea
2011 KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul Korea
St-Art, Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg France
Houston Art Fair, DavidRichard Conremporary, TX, USA
Red Dot Art Fair, Kips Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
Art Chicago, Kips Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Wada Garou, Tokyo Japan
San Francisco Art Fair, Kips Gallery NY, USA
Dallas Art Fair, DavidRichard Contemporary Santa Fe, NM, USA
2010 David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Claire Gastaud Galerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France
KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul Korea
Korean Art Fair, New York, NY
Hong Kong Art Fair, Kips gallery
Hamptons Art Fair, USA Kips gallery
2009 Kips Gallery, New York NY 10012
Scope Art Fair Miami, Kips Gallery NY, USA
2008 Bridge Art Fair Miami, Kips Gallery, Fl. USA
2007 Kips Gallery, New York NY, USA
2004 Mexico Arte Contemperano, Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF
2003 Galerie Kahn, Strasbourg, France
2002 Art Chicago, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Chicago USA
St-Art, Galerie Khan, Strasbourg France
Art Paris, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Paris France
2001 Art Chicago, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Chicago USA
2000 Art Chicago, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Chicago USA
En construccion, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto Mexico
Nomad Territories, DFN Gallery, New York NY USA
1999 Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF Mexico
1998 Albright-Knox Galleries, Buffalo NY USA
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
1997 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France
Eric Linard Galerie, La Garde Adhemar France
Museo de Arte, Queretaro Mexico
1996 Art Chicago, Kim Foster gallery, Chicago USA
"Blue" Broadway Gallery, New York NY USA
1995 Galerie Cocotier, St Etienne France
Centre Europeen d'Action Artistiques Contemp., Strasbourg France
1994 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Catherine Fletcher, Paris France
Foster-Peet Gallery, New York NY USA
1993 Andover-White Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Athisma, Lyon France
Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York NY USA
1992 Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York NY USA
"Contemporary Works on Paper" Gallery Standhal, New York NY USA
Foster-Peet Gallery, New York NY USA
1991 Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York NY USA
Salon de Montrouge, Paris France
Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France
1990 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France
Galerie Jade Colmar, France, Chicago International
Art Fair, Chicago, USA
1989 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France
1988 Salon de Montrouge, Paris France
Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France
1987 Art Barn Association, Washington DC USA
LittleJohn-Smith Gallery, New York NY USA
Galerie Jade Colmar France
1986 LittleJohn-Smith Gallery, New York USA
1985 Reynold Kerr Gallery, New York NY USA
1984 Reynold Kerr Gallery, New York NY USA
1983 Cavaliero Fine Arts, Kunstmess, Basel Switzerland
Galerie Bertin, Lyon France
1982 Cavaliero Fine Arts, Kunstmess, Basel Switzerland
1981 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York NY USA
1980 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York NY USA
1979 Katheryn Markel Gallery, New York NY USA
Haber-Theodore Gallery, New York NY USA
1977 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT USA
Contemporary Reflexions. Untitled, acrylic and pencil on wall.
1977 Robert Friedus Gallery, New York NY USA
OIA, New York NY USA
1976 Fine Art Gallery, New York NY USA
1975 "Young Talent Festival" "75"Union Carbide, New York NY USA
1974 "Young Talent Festival" Pace Editions, New York NY USA
"59th Annual Juried Exhibition" Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY
1973 Springfield Art Association, Springfield CT USA
Works on Paper, Triangle Church, New York NY USA
"Young Artists 73" Union carbide, New York NY USA
New York Contemporary Graphic Exhibition, Taiwan Museum, Taipei
1972 Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico DF Mexico
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo NY USA
"9th Annual print Exhibition" Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT USA
1971 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York NY USA
Cornell University, Ithaca NY USA
Publications
1985 Renold Kerr Gallery, New York, NY USA Text by David Shaff
1989 Galerie Jade, Colmar France. The primary paintings of Haessle by
Frederick Ted Castle. Introduction by Jean-Yves Bainier
1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France. In memory of the body
Text by David Shapiro. Interview by Marc Vaudey. In French/English . ISBN 2-910695 -026
1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France. Edition of 200 exemplary
1995 Centre Europeen d’Action Artistiques Contemp., Strasbourg , France
Text by Gilbert Lascault. Interview by Jean-Yves Bainier. ISBN -2-910036-12 X
Hard cover. In French and English.
1995 HAESSLE 30 ans de peinture. Monograph 145 pages with 70 pages
Full color reproductions. Editions Alternatives ISBN : 2 86227 095 4
Text by David Shaff, David Shapiro, Jean-Yves Bainier.
Interview by Catherine Ulmer.
2008 Haessle, Selected works, M magazine, 15 pages all colors reproductions
2012 Haessle, paintings, Hillwood Art Museum, LIU Post NY. Text by Jonathan
Goodman (English), Bernard Zurcher (French) 52 pages, 35, color reproductions
2014 Haessle Paintings, 1983-2013, Korea University Art Museum. Text
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Blue Rectangles, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Cris Cristofaro 1978
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Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American
Title: Blue Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Screenprint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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Located in Long Island City, NY
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Title: Navy and Blue Rectangles
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
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