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Nicholas Krushenick

American, 1929-1999
orn in the Bronx, New York in 1929, Nicholas Krushenick studied painting at the Art Students League of New York and the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. After completing his training, Krushenick designed window displays and worked in the Framing Department of the Museum of Modern Art. From 1957 to 1962, the artist, along with his brother John, operated the now legendary Brata Gallery in Manhattan’s East Village. Brata displayed the works of many of the foremost artists of the day, including, among others: Ronald Bladen, Ed Clarke, Al Held, Yayoi Kusama, and George Sugarman. Krushenick first developed his signature “pop abstract” style in the early 1960s. The loose geometries and web-like forms of his early paintings demonstrate his deliberate caricature of Abstract Expressionist “drips” or “skeins” into what more closely resemble details from cartoons—like Superman’s hair follicles, as critic Robert Rosenblum once described. The high-keyed color, formal rigor, and sheer graphic intensity of his paintings set Krushenick apart from his contemporaries. As a result, decades after its creation, Krushenick’s work still appears remarkably fresh. During the 1960s and 1970s, Krushenick had solo exhibitions at many of the most influential and prestigious galleries, including: Graham Gallery (1958, 1962, 1964, New York), Fischbach Gallery (1965, New York), Galerie Sonnabend (1967, Paris), Galerie Ziegler (1969, Zürich), Galerie Beyeler (1971, Basel), and Pace Gallery (1967, 1969, 1972, New York). During this period, his work also figured prominently in many landmark museum exhibitions, such as Post Painterly Abstraction (1964, Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Vormen van de Kleur (1964, Stedelijk Museum), Systemic Painting (1965, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), and Documenta 4 (1968, Fredericianum), among others. In 1968, the Walker Art Center mounted a retrospective exhibition of Krushenick’s work. His first European retrospective came four years later, in 1972, at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany. In 2015 he had a retrospective at the Tang Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York entitled Nicholas Krushenick: Electric Soup. Krushenick’s work is featured in the collections of over sixty major museums, including: the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Dallas Museum of Fine Art; the Empire State Art Collection; the Grey Art Gallery, New York University; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; the Stedelijk Museum; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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$845
Styles
Abstract
Pop Art
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Screen Print
Paper
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Over The Rainbow Signed Limited Edition Screen Print 1978
Over The Rainbow Signed Limited Edition Screen Print 1978

Nicholas KrushenickOver The Rainbow Signed Limited Edition Screen Print 1978, 1978

$1,000

H 27.3 in W 37.5 in D 1 in

Over The Rainbow Signed Limited Edition Screen Print 1978

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Nicholas Krushenick Over The Rainbow - 1978 Print Type:  Screen Print on Somerset paper    Size-Width Size-Height: 27.3'' x 37.5'' inches Signed Edition Size: Signed in pencil and marked 23/200 Unframed One of America’s premier Pop art...

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1970s Pop Art Nicholas Krushenick

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Screen

Vintage 1970 New York State Council on the Arts Award poster Nicholas Krushenick
Vintage 1970 New York State Council on the Arts Award poster Nicholas Krushenick

Nicholas KrushenickVintage 1970 New York State Council on the Arts Award poster Nicholas Krushenick, 1970

$880

H 35 in W 25 in

Vintage 1970 New York State Council on the Arts Award poster Nicholas Krushenick

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in New York, NY

Nicholas Krushenick New York State Council on the Arts Award poster, 1970 Silkscreen on wove paper - original 1970 poster, not a reprint Unsigned, unnumbered, unframed 35 × 25 inches...

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1970s Pop Art Nicholas Krushenick

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Screen, Offset

Kiss Kiss Candy, Pop Art Abstract Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick

Nicholas KrushenickKiss Kiss Candy, Pop Art Abstract Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick, 1978

$950

H 34 in W 26 in

Kiss Kiss Candy, Pop Art Abstract Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Nicholas Krushenick, American (1929 - 1999) Title: Kiss Kiss Candy Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200; AP 30 Image Size: 29 x 24 in....

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1970s Pop Art Nicholas Krushenick

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Screen

Ohne Titel
Ohne Titel

Nicholas KrushenickOhne Titel, 1973

$850

H 26 in W 22 in D 0.01 in

Ohne Titel

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Ohne Titel" 1973 is an original color silkscreen by noted New York artist Nicholas Krushenick, 1929-1999. It is hand signed, dated and ...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nicholas Krushenick

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Screen

Kindergarten, Signed Op Art Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick
Kindergarten, Signed Op Art Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick

Nicholas KrushenickKindergarten, Signed Op Art Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick, 1979

$1,100

H 36 in W 26 in

Kindergarten, Signed Op Art Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in Long Island City, NY

Kindergarten by Nicholas Krushenick, 1929 - 1999 Date: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 33.5 x 24 inches Size: 36 x 26 in. (91...

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1970s Op Art Nicholas Krushenick

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Pencil, Screen

North End, Nicholas Krushenick

Nicholas KrushenickNorth End, Nicholas Krushenick, 1979

$876Sale Price|20% Off

H 36 in W 26 in

North End, Nicholas Krushenick

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Nicholas Krushenick (1929-1999) Title: North End Year: 1979 Edition: 15/200, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 36 x 26 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist. NICHOLAS KRUSHENICK (1929-1999) One of America’s premier Pop artists, Nicholas Krushenick’s work consists of geometric abstract motifs whose shapes were outlined in heavy black lines. In this regard his original prints were often compared to those of Pop Art co-horts Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, but unlike these masters Krushenick avoided any imagery from commercial art...

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1970s Pop Art Nicholas Krushenick

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Screen

Orange One Variant, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick

Nicholas KrushenickOrange One Variant, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick, 1980

$1,500

H 36 in W 30 in

Orange One Variant, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Nicholas Krushenick Title: Untitled (Orange One Variant) Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 35 Paper Size: 36 x 30 in. (91.44 x 7...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Nicholas Krushenick

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Screen

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