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Robert Zakanitch Art

American, b. 1935
Robert Zakanitch has been exhibiting in New York since 1965. He is one of the founders of the pattern and decorative movement. He has had group exhibitions at the Whitney Annual, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. His work can be found in permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Albright Knox Museum, Brooklyn Museum and the Tate Gallery, London. He has had one-man shows in Paris, Basel, Zürich, Berlin, and Koln and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995. Most contemporary art history books include Robert Zakanitch. In 2003, as with his important paintings of pattern and decoration, he exhibited his "Aggressive Goodness" acrylic and gouache paintings a series of dog paintings which show that art can lift the human spirit. In his own words his dog paintings are “to remind us of our compassion and evoke nurturing, caring, sentimentality, romance, kindness, etiquette (that’s right, etiquette), sweetness, respect, beauty and the sense of well being”.
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Sunday Crows, Modern Lithograph by Robert Zakanitch
Sunday Crows, Modern Lithograph by Robert Zakanitch

Sunday Crows, Modern Lithograph by Robert Zakanitch

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Zakanitch, American (1935 - )
Title: Sunday Crows
Year: 1986
Medium: Lithograph Diptych on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition: Tr...

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Late 20th Century Modern Robert Zakanitch Art

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Lithograph

Huge Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch
Huge Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch

Huge Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Surfside, FL

Robert Rahway Zakanitch (American b. 1935), Lilies, Blue and Orange, Hand signed and dated 78 in pencil at the lower right, and inscribed Artists Proof with edition notation AP 6/6...

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1980s Post-Minimalist Robert Zakanitch Art

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Lithograph, Screen

"Split Level V" (Border Series) c1981 Acrylic on Paper by Robert Zakanitch
"Split Level V" (Border Series) c1981 Acrylic on Paper by Robert Zakanitch

"Split Level V" (Border Series) c1981 Acrylic on Paper by Robert Zakanitch

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Bristol, CT

Art Sz: 60 3/4"H x 46 1/2"W #888 Frame Sz: 62 1/2"H x 51"W x 1 3/4"D Signed by the artist: LR w/ The Harcus Gallery 7 Newbury Street Boston Mass label Weight: 35lbs *Requires "W...

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1980s Abstract Robert Zakanitch Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Oink Charm" Robert Zakanitch, Pattern and Decoration, Pink and Black Pig
"Oink Charm" Robert Zakanitch, Pattern and Decoration, Pink and Black Pig

"Oink Charm" Robert Zakanitch, Pattern and Decoration, Pink and Black Pig

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in New York, NY

Robert Zakanitch Oink Charm, 2006 Signed lower right Mixed media on canvas 30 1/4 x 42 1/4 inches Robert Zakanitch is an influential American painter whose career has spanned sever...

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Early 2000s American Modern Robert Zakanitch Art

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Robert Zakanitch-Cascading Vines-HAND SIGNED SERIGRAPH
Robert Zakanitch-Cascading Vines-HAND SIGNED SERIGRAPH

Robert Zakanitch-Cascading Vines-HAND SIGNED SERIGRAPH

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Brooklyn, NY

"Cascading Vines" by Robert Zakanitch is a large, vibrant serigraph (also known as a silk-screen or screen print) in colors, published by the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts i...

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20th Century Contemporary Robert Zakanitch Art

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Screen

Big Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch
Big Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch

Big Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Lithograph Robert Zakanitch

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Surfside, FL

Robert Rahway Zakanitch (American b. 1935), Les Delices de Fragonard 1988 Hand signed and numbered from edition of 45 Dimensions: 36.5 X 48 This vibrant work features floral patter...

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1980s Post-Minimalist Robert Zakanitch Art

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Lithograph, Screen

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Robert Zakanitch, acrylic on canvas triptych, 1979, Robert Rahway Zakanitch (American b. 1935), "Raven", signed and titled verso center panel, gallery label and auction sticker verso, unframed, 54"h x 78"w (total) Provenance: The Collection of Litsa Tsitsera, New York; "Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawing and Sculpture", Christie's East, NY, May 9, 1989, lot 244; Robert Miller Gallery, NYC Robert Rahway Zakanitch (born 1935) is an American painter and was one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement. His work is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Robert Zakanitch was born in 1935 in Elizabeth, New Jersey and grew up in Rahway. He lived and worked in New York City. At the time of his June 3 through September 17, 2017 exhibition in the Hudson River Museum, he had recently moved his residence and studio to Yonkers, New York In the late 1960s he began experimenting with Color Field painting but would go on to be one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement in the mid 1970s. While working in the Color Field he was strict to adhering to an abstract style inspired by Minimalism until he learned about decorative imagery. He kept the same color schemes and structures, but incorporated floral motif and a more painterly style. He was one of the original painters of the Pattern and Decoration movements of the 1970s. (along with Cynthia Carlson...

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1980s Post-Minimalist Robert Zakanitch Art

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Lithograph, Screen

Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Screen Flowers Print Lithograph
Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Screen Flowers Print Lithograph

Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Screen Flowers Print Lithograph

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Located in Surfside, FL

Small Change signed and dated lower right, pencil "RR Zakanitch 86 editioned 5/5 P/P Robert Rahway Zakanitch (born 1935) is an American painter and was one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement. His work is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Robert Zakanitch was born in 1935 in Elizabeth, New Jersey and grew up in Rahway. He lived and worked in New York City. At the time of his June 3 through September 17, 2017 exhibition in the Hudson River Museum, he had recently moved his residence and studio to Yonkers, New York In the late 1960s he began experimenting with Color Field painting but would go on to be one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement in the mid 1970s. While working in the Color Field he was strict to adhering to an abstract style inspired by Minimalism until he learned about decorative imagery. He kept the same color schemes and structures, but incorporated floral motif and a more painterly style. He was one of the original painters of the Pattern and Decoration movements of the 1970s. (along with Cynthia Carlson...

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Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Screen Print Lithograph Stencil

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By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Surfside, FL

"Hearts of Swan" Materials & Technique: prints, nineteen colour screenprint, lithograph printed from eleven screens and six aluminum plates on white, wove, handmade, TGL paper edition of 75 Publisher Tyler Graphics Ltd signed and dated lower right, pencil "RR Zakanitch '80- '81" Dimensions image 65.4 h x 53.2 w cm sheet 69.6 h x 57.8 w cm Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1974–1985. New York, 1987. Robert Rahway Zakanitch (born 1935) is an American painter and was one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration...

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Post Minimalist Pattern and Decoration Abstract Screen Print Lithograph Stencil

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By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Surfside, FL

Double Geese Mountain (this piece is on the website of the Met, Metropolitan Museum NYC) Screenprint, lithograph, stencil, 1981 Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1974–1985. New York, 1987, p. 369, no. 614: RZ3, ill. (color). Robert Rahway Zakanitch (born 1935) is an American painter and was one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement. His work is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Robert Zakanitch was born in 1935 in Elizabeth, New Jersey and grew up in Rahway. He lived and worked in New York City. At the time of his June 3 through September 17, 2017 exhibition in the Hudson River Museum, he had recently moved his residence and studio to Yonkers, New York In the late 1960s he began experimenting with Color Field painting but would go on to be one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement in the mid 1970s. While working in the Color Field he was strict to adhering to an abstract style inspired by Minimalism until he learned about decorative imagery. He kept the same color schemes and structures, but incorporated floral motif and a more painterly style. He was one of the original painters of the Pattern and Decoration movements of the 1970s. (along with Cynthia Carlson...

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