Ellen Golden

UNTITLED #31

Reed, Robert (American, 1938-2014). PLUM NELLIE, BEAR HUG. Mixed media on paper, 1979. Titled, signed, dated, and further inscribed in the margin below the image. 22 1/2 x 34 1/2 inc...

Reed, Robert (American, 1938-2014). SAN ROMANO: BLACK NINE. Mixed media, collage, assemblage. painted and colored papers and office staples, not dated, but 1980s. 30 x 30 inches, framed to 36 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches inches (image), Provenance, private collection, White Plains, NY. In ausgezeichnetem Zustand. ROBERT JAMES REED (1938-2014) earned his BFA (1960) and MFA (1962) at the Yale School of Art where in 1969 he became professor of painting and printmaking at Yale School of Art. He taught there until his death in 2014. As a student he assisted the influential Josef Albers in the technical production of color plates for Albers’s iconic work, Interaction of Color published in 1963. Reed became tenured in 1987, as the school’s first and only African American professor. In an interview, he said that he did not seek to distinguish himself through his racial identity but preferred to see himself as an artist who was African American. It is this self identification that could account for the fact that he is rarely grouped with other African American artists of his time like Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, David Driscoll and Faith Ringgold. Nonetheless, the symbols, colors and forms of his work draw upon his experience as a African American man.He produced works that are largely grouped by decades. In the 1970’s he developed the Plum Nellie series, exploring the Interaction of Color in his own terms. The meaning of Plum Nelly is not clear, although it may mean ‘you’re nearly there’. In the 1980’s, the San Romano series Reed regarded the gorgeous Paulo Uccello’s 15th Century...

Scarlett, Rolph (Amerikaner, geboren in Kanada, 1889-1984). ABSTRAKTION OHNE TITEL. Buntstifte auf Papier, nicht datiert. Signiert, unten rechts. 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 Zoll (Bild), 6 x 8 3/4...

Graves, Morris (Amerikaner 1910-2001). ZWEI VÖGEL. Braune Tinte auf Hellbraun papier, nicht datiert. Die mit Bleistift signierte Signatur unten rechts erwies sich während der Konser...

Krisanne Souter verwebt Elemente der Natur und alte weibliche Archetypen, wie die Mutter und die Mystikerin. Botanische Themen, spielerische Elemente und unerwartete Überraschungen s...

Krisanne Souter verwebt Elemente der Natur und alte weibliche Archetypen, wie die Mutter und die Mystikerin. Botanische Themen, spielerische Elemente und unerwartete Überraschungen s...

Krisanne Souter verwebt Elemente der Natur und alte weibliche Archetypen, wie die Mutter und die Mystikerin. Botanische Themen, spielerische Elemente und unerwartete Überraschungen s...

"Singularität" von Halsey Chait Tusche auf 250 GSM Lenox 100 Cotton Rag Papier Die Zeichnungen von Halsey Chait entwickeln sich nach den Regeln und der Mathematik, die die Wachstums...