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'Aqua Landscape', Woman Artist, Spirituality, Transcendentalist Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Buchfink' for Marie Buchfink (American, born circa 1931) and painted circa 1985. Accompanied by artist card, attached, verso.
Born in Muskegon, Michigan, Mari...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Trees at Sunset', Large Oil, Philadelphia Museum, Yale, PAFA Op-Ed Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower left, with monogram, 'E. A.', for Edna Wright Andrade (American, 1917-2008) and dated 1954. Additionally signed, verso.
A luminous, mid-century landscape by this nota...
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Aqua Sky', Gump's, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Blue, Clouds
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'Michael Bradley' for Michael Thorn Bradley (American, 1944-2015) and dated 1986.
Previously with: Gump's Gallery, San Francisco (from label verso).
We are please...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'West Side, New York', Central Park, Manhattan Modernist Abstract, BMFA, Harvard
By Donald Stoltenberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Stoltenberg' for Donald Hugo Stoltenberg (American, 1927-2016) and dated 1957. Titled, verso on original artist's label, 'West Side, New York'.
Provenance: Mr. & ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Geometric Abstract', New York, Gallery
By Duane Bousfield
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, "D.B.", signed verso, "Duane Bousfield" (American, born 1960) and inscribed "Unchartered Lesson".
Oil abstract comprised of fields of violet, teal, rust, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'View of San Francisco Bay', Bay Area Abstraction, Jack London, Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'J.e.t.' for Jessie E. Thomason (American, 20th Century) and dated 1956. Exhibited: Jack London Art Festival, 1956.
Displayed in the original and period, paint...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstraction in Coral, Ivory and Charcoal', Large Guatemalan Abstract Oil
By Erwin Guillermo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Guillermo' for Erwin Guillermo (Guatemalan, born 1951) and dated 1998.
A substantial and elegant, dimensional abstract comprising linear constructs in scumbled ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
'Grand Canyon', Castelli, National Gallery of Art, Abstraction, Harvard, Boston
By Jim Jacobs
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Jim Jacobs (American, born 1945), titled, 'Nankaweep' and dated 1983.
Previously with Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston.
A substantial, dynamic abstract comprising staccato geom...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Acrylic Polymer
'Abstract in Saffron and Rose', San Francisco, Bay Area Abstraction, SOMA, SFSFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract in Saffron and Rose', San Francisco, Bay Area Abstraction, SOMA, SFSFA
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Signed lower right, 'P. Ciment' for Phyllis Ciment (American, born 1946) and painted circa 197...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
'The Path to the Beach', Carmel Art Association, Laguna Beach, CSFA, SWA, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dooley' for Helen Bertha Dooley (American, 1907-1994); additionally signed, verso, titled 'Turquoise Sea' and dated 1983.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, Cal...
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Red Cylinder', Very Large San Francisco Bay Area Constructivist Abstract, Lego
By Dee Brown
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dee Brown' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1995.
A massive American School, Constructivist abstract painting comprising geometric and architectural e...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, House Paint, Permanent Marker
'Mount Fuji', Japanese Abstraction, Isle de St. Louis, Paris, Tokyo, Modernism
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'S. Omori', for Sakue Omori (Japanese, 1919-2001) and painted circa 1965; additionally signed in Kanji, verso, with artist's name 大森 朔衛 (Omori Sakue) and titled, ...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract, Coral and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Frealon Norden Bibbins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Norden' for Frealon Norden Bibbins (American, 1926-2013) and dated 1976.
Inscribed verso, 'Blue Storm', stamped with certification of authenticity and wax seal.
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Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract, Indigo and Ivory', Large SF Bay Area Modernist oil, Legion of Honor
By Fenton Kastner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso "F. Kastner" for Fenton Kastner (American, 1915-2008), dated 1955, and titled "Waterfront-IV".
Old label verso inscribed with artist's name and title.
A dynamic, mid-...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Ocean Flowers', San Francisco Symphony, Large Vibrant California Abstract
By Frealon Norden Bibbins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Frealon Bibbins (American, 1926-2013) circa 1976.
Certification of authenticity, verso, with stamped wax seal.
A substantial 1970's abstract evoking graceful, oceanic fo...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract in Lilac and Lapis', Denver Metropolitan Museum, Germany, Galerie Lutz
By Kenneth Martin Snodgrass
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, American school oil abstract comprising adjacent and superimposed, organic shapes in Prussian blue, vermilion, and olive contrasted against a slate and lavender ground...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Ochre, Rust and Jade', Mid-century Modernist American Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, on canvas with certification of authenticity for Dora Masters (American, 1916-2003), bearing stamped wax seal and painted circa 1955.
Provenance: Acquired from the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Organic Abstract in Yellow and Green', Jakarta, Indonesian Art Academy, Ghent
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Aming Prajitno' (Indonesian, born 1943) and dated '1970'; additionally signed verso, titled 'Komposisi' and inscribed, 'Jogjakarta 1970'.
Previously with: 'Art...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Geometric Abstract I', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute
By Renee Harwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Renee Harwin' (Austrian-American, born 1924) and painted circa 2000.
A substantial, Post-Painterly abstract comprising hard-edged, geometric forms ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract, Rose & Parchment', Minnesota Woman Artist, Big Psychedelic Action Oil
By Anne Kramer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anne Kramer (American, 20th century) circa 1985, stamped verso and accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity.
A very substantial and period, American School abstract com...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Wicht' for John Von Wicht (German-American, 1888-1970) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Germany, this abstract expressionist painter, muralist, printmaker, mo...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Action Abstract, Ivory & Saffron', Paris, National Association of Women Artists
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M.S. Bremer' for Marlene Bremer (German-American, 1937-2018) and painted circa 1995. Additionally signed, verso, 'Marlene Bremer'.
Born and educated in Germany,...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Canyon River', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right, 'Ide' for Tom Ide (Canadian-American, 1919-1996) and dated 1965.
Exhibited: Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, circa 1965.
Ide studied at the Art Institute of Ch...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Expressionist Woodland', Paris, Morocco, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
By Mogens Valeur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956.
Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen and, later, attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He su...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract, Coral and Saffron', Bay Area Oil Abstraction, Triton Museum, Brooklyn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed twice, verso, on stretcher 'Marsha Straus' for Marsha Rogow Strauss (American, 1944-2008) and painted circa 1995.
A substantial and vibrant oil abstract comprising massed, ov...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Pink and White Poppies beneath Blue Skies', Whitney Museum, PAFA, AIC, ASL, ICA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C G Nelson' for Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson (American, 1898-1988) and dated 1956.
A substantial, Modernist oil showing a profusion of white and pink poppies contra...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract, Azure and Rose', Paris, Art Students League, Carnegie Institute, Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Paul England' (American, 1918-1988) and painted circa 1965.
With old label, verso, bearing title, 'Gutenburg'.
Framed in a period white-painted, wood-strip fram...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Abstract, Scarlet & Ochre', Saudi Society of Fine Arts, Alwan Group, Large Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Ablan' for Mohammed Al Ablan (Saudi, 20th century) and dated 1971.
A substantial and dynamic abstract comprising contiguous and fluidly overlapping areas of rose, sc...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Desert II', Palm Springs, California Woman Artist, Large Proto-Organic Abstract
By Charmaine Girelli
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charmaine Girelli' (American, 20th/21st century) and painted circa 2015.
A very large, American School proto-organic abstract comprising dynamic and fluid trail...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
'Abstract, Ebony & Rust', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Eral Leek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Eral" for Eral Leek (American, 20th century) and dated 1962.
A substantial, mid-century oil abstract comprising bold, overlapping rectangular compositional elem...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Geometric Interior', New York ASL, California Watercolor Society, Oakland
By Jon Cornin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Cornin" for Jon Cornin (American, 1905-1992), dated "LVII" for 1957, and titled verso "Uncial."
Jon Cornin first studied with Raphael Soyer at New York's Art Stu...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Musical Abstract, Peach and Aqua', California Expressionist, San Francisco
By Frealon Norden Bibbins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Frealon Bibbins (American, 1926-2013). Dated verso, '9/18/76' and '9/19/76'.
Stamped with Certification of Authenticity and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
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Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'L'Obscurité', Trompe L'oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Yale, Zillman
By Richard Whitten
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'L'Obscurité' by Richard Whitten, 2009.
Trompe L'oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Museum, Yale
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Initialed lower left, 'RCW' for Richard Whitten (American, born 1958) and dated, l...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Abstraction in Coral, Aqua and Gold', 1970's American School Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American School, unsigned and painted circa 1975.
A vivid and upbeat oil abstract comprising discrete areas of golden-yellow, coral and aqua-turquoise composed to evoke a sunlit lan...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Pastel, Acrylic
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', American School
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right "J. Haigh" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975.
An elegant, cabinet-size, American School abstract comprising fragmented structural areas of goldenro...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
'Organic Abstract'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and vibrant American Abstract dating to circa 1975. Stamped, verso, with artist estate stamp for Aida Nelson (American, 1921-2018) and titled, 'Free Spirit II'
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
'Geometric Abstract', Japanese Mid-century Oil, Saitama, Hanno City, Iwasawa
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Miyoshi' for Kazuo Miyoshi (Japanese, 20th century) and painted circa 1960. Titled on old label, verso, 'Fantasia', additionally signed by the artist and with...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Scarlet & Gray', Post-Painterly Abstraction, Large American Oil
By Renn Zaphiropoulos
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial abstract oil comprising curvilinear and geometric rectangular shapes in shades of red, coral, and ebony overlaid on a scumbled ground of ivory, ochre, and steel-gray.
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Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Surrealist Abstract', Chouinard Institute, LACMA, MGM studios, Dr. Seuss, Osaka
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Inman' for Robert Inman (American, 1927–2016) and dated, beneath the mat, 'September, 1983'. Titled on old backing 'The Wanderer'.
Pap...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Paper
'Figurative Abstract', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1985, partial signature lower right.
Suzanne Gertz first studied at the...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Acrylic, Canvas
'Abstract in Seafoam and Coral', Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, MoMA
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, "Abramovitz" for Albert Abramovitz (American, 1879-1963) and dated 1961.
Oil and paper assemblage abstracted seascape comprised of layers of cut and torn paper w...
Category
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
'Iglesia San Antonio', Bay Area Abstraction, Mendocino Art Center, San Diego
By Pieter Smoor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Iglesia San Antonio' by Pieter Smoor, 1966.
Bay Area Abstraction, Mendocino Art Center, San Diego
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Signed lower left "Pieter Smoor" and dated 1966.
Titled "Iglesia San Antonio...
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Large Abstract', Exhibited at Tokyo Museum Of Fine Arts, Japanese Woman Artist
By Iku Nagai
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Large Abstract', Exhibited at Tokyo Museum Of Fine Arts, Japanese Woman Artist
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Signed lower right, "Nagai" for Ikuko (Iku) K. Nagai (Japanese-American, born 1932) and painted...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
'Biomorphic Abstract, Azure and Gold', Mills College, Seattle, Shoji Hamada
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Biomorphic Abstract, Azure and Gold', by Wendy Deroux.
Mills College, Seattle, Shoji Hamada
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Inscribed, verso, 'Wendy Trosper' for Wendy Trosper Deroux (American, 1941-2019), i...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Organic Abstract', Large oil by San Francisco artist, Bay Area Abstraction
By Frealon Norden Bibbins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Organic Abstract' by Frealon Norden Bibbins, 1976.
Large oil by San Francisco artist, Bay Area Abstraction
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Signed lower right 'Norden' for Frealon Norden Bibbins (American, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Memo from Kitty, ' California Abstract Expressionist in Coral and Ivory, Esalen
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anthony McNaught (American, born 1952); Signed verso, 'Ant McNaught', titled 'Memo from Kitty', and dated, '4/20'.
This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist studied at the Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Lady in Yellow and Blue', American Post Impressionist Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Lady in Yellow and Blue' by Dora Masters.
American Post Impressionist Woman Artist
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Inscribed verso "Dora Masters" (American, 1912-2003) and painted circa 1960.
A large, Post...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Djibouti', American Abstract, Esalen, Santa Cruz, Bay Area Abstraction
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Djibouti' by Ant McNaught, 2023
American Abstract, Esalen, Santa Cruz, Bay Area Abstraction
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Signed verso, 'Ant McNaught' (American, born 1952), titled, 'Djibouti', and dated 2023.
This Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist artist studied at the Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill and Tom...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Chouinard Institute, LACMA, MGM studios, Osaka
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Inman' for Robert Inman (American, 1927–2016) and dated, beneath the mat, 1981.
Matted dimensions: 20 x 30 inches.
Robert Inman first...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Illustration Board
'Coastline', Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist
By Alice Beamish
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Coastline' by Alice Beamish.
Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist
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Signed lower right, "Beamish" for Alice Beamish (American, 1922-2011), titled verso and painted circa 1960.
Provenance: The Vincent Price Collection...
Category
1950s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Roofs of Ravello', Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, SFAA, Carmel, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Roofs of Ravello' by Margaret Wentworth, 1959.
Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, San Francisco Art Association, Carmel, Art Institute of Chicago
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Initialed lower rig...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pen, Postcard, Egg Tempera
'Abstract in Ivory and Blue', Chouinard, Osaka, Butler Institute of Art, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract in Ivory and Blue' by Robert Inman, 1979.
Chouinard, Osaka, Butler Institute of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Signed lower left, '...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Burmese Classical Dance', Kinnari and Kinnara, Myanmar, SFMA, SFAI, Large Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Burmese Classical Dancers' by Aung Aung Taik, 1981.
Kinnari and Kinnara, Myanmar, SFMA, San Francisco Art Institute, PFA
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Signed lower left, 'Aung Aung Taik' (Burmese, born 19...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Orchid and Jade', San Francisco Art Institute, Large Bay Area Oil
By Kevin Keaney
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract in Orchid and Jade' by Kevin Keaney.
San Francisco Art Institute, Large Bay Area Oil
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Signed verso, 'Kevin Keaney' (American, born 1962) and painted circa 1995.
This S...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Chalk, House Paint, Acrylic, Board, Laid Paper
'Abstracted Cityscape', Modernist Abstract Oil, David Rockefeller Estate
By Max Gunther
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstracted Cityscape' by Max Gunther, 1958.
Modernist Abstract Oil, David Rockefeller Estate
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Signed lower right, 'Max Gunther' (German, 1934-1...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Organic Abstract', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Organic Abstract' by Dora Masters.
1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
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Painted by Dora Masters (American, 1913-2003) and painted circa 1960. Stamped verso ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Abstract Landscape, Chestnut and Coral', Venice Biennale, Michetti Prize Winner
By Gianni Pisani
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract Landscape, Chestnut and Coral' by Gianni Pisani, 1963.
Venice Biennale, Michetti Prize Winner
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Signed lower right 'G. Pisani' for Gianni Pisani (Italian, born 1935), ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
'Abstract, Turquoise and Gray', Paris, Picasso, Andre L'Hote, Guernica, Benezit
By Dora Maar
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract, Turquoise and Gray' by Dora Maar.
Paris, Picasso, Andre L'Hote, Guernica, Benezit
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Signed verso with artist monogram 'DM' for Dora Maar (Argentine-French, 1907-1997)...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Red', Brasil, São Paulo Bienniale, MoMA Resende, New York, Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract in Red' by Carmélio' Rodrigues Cruz, 1966.
Brasil, São Paulo Bienniale, MoMA Resende, New York, Chicago
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Signed twice, verso, 'Carmélio' and 'Carmélio Cruz' for Carmélio' Rodrigues Cruz (Brazilian, born 1924) and dated 1966.
Carmélio Rodrigues Cruz first studied art with the Brazilian painter, Jacinto de Souza (1935-1940). In 1944, he was invited to participate in the Sociedade Cearense de Artes Plásticas (SCAP), alongside other Latin American Modernists including Antonio Bandeira...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mid-century Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
By Emilio Rodríguez Larraín
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Midcentury Biomorphic Abstract' by Emilio Rodríguez Larraín, 1964.
NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
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Signed, lower right, 'E.R. Larrain' for Emilio Rodríguez Larraín (Peruvian, 1928-2015), and inscribed 'Roma, Nov 1963, Enero 1964'. (Rome, Nov 1963-January 1964). Verso titled, "L'Homme C'est Sujet à Errer" (Man Tends to Wander), and bearing the artist's self-portrait in india ink and wash.
Exhibited: XXXII Venice Biennale, 1964. (original exhibition label verso)
Previously with Staempfli Galleries, New York. This painting is registered in the Archives of American Art as 'Staempfli Gallery, inventory #775'.
A monumental and historically distinguished work by this groundbreaking Peruvian Modernist who drew inspiration from Peruvian indigenous and pre-colonial culture. The paintings of Emilio Rodríguez Larraín are held in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Musée de la Ville de Paris, Peru's Museo de Arte de Lima and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This painting was selected by the Peruvian Government for exhibition at the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964 and is the largest single recorded work by the artist.
Emilio Rodríguez Larraín received his Bachelors of Architecture in 1949 from Peru's Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and held his first solo exhibition in Lima after visiting Europe in 1950. In 1951, he returned to Europe in the company of the artists Alfredo Ruiz Rosas and Joaquín Roca Rey...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fiberboard, Laid Paper, Oil
