Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Tony Delap, "Talazac" 1990 Painting

About the Item

"Talazac", 1990 Wood and Acrylic on Canvas 54 x 45 x 12" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francisco, and Claremont Graduate School. After several teaching positions in the Bay Area, John Coplans invited Tony to join the 1965 founding faculty of UC Irvine, where he taught in the Art Department until 1991. He served as the project consultant for “Best Kept Secret, UCI and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California, 1964-1971” for the Getty’s “Pacific Standard Time: Art In LA 1945-1980,” at the Laguna Art Museum in 2011. With Chris Burden, James Turrell, Bruce Nauman, and Marcia Hafif among his students during his tenure at UCI, his contributions to art since the ‘60s are undeniable. His influence on his students, however, should not overcast his contributions as an artist in his own right. Associated with Southern California’s so-called Finish Fetish movement of the 1960s, Tony stayed true to Minimalism decades after the height of its popularity and defined the work of art as “a thing in itself.” Eschewing outside references, Tony stripped art to its essence: materials and form. These materials include wood, metal, and plastics, formed into geometric shapes and multipart structures filled with illusions of depth and formal relationships that are both playful and rigorous. The LA Times’ Christopher Knight describes Tony’s work as “impossible objects,” not only because they graft the otherwise distinct forms of painting and sculpture, but also because of Tony’s peculiar geometries. Tony’s hybrid painting-sculptures are truly confounding to experience. These “irregular geometries” cast dynamic shadows that invite viewers to experience the work from all angles, even the most oblique. As a pioneer of Abstraction, Minimalism and Op Art on the West Coast, Tony was included in the landmark exhibitions The Responsive Eye (1965: MoMA, NY), Primary Structures (1966: Jewish Museum, NY), and American Sculpture of the Sixties (1967: LACMA, CA)—exhibitions that were crucial to the development and definition of Minimalism. Over the course of his 60-year career, he had a number of retrospectives: the Orange County Museum of Art in 2000; the San Jose Museum of Art in 2001; the Oceanside Museum of Art in 2013; and, most recently, the Laguna Art Museum’s major retrospective curated by Peter Frank in 2018. Major museum collections include the Tate Modern, London, UK; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland—among many others.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 54 in (137.16 cm)Width: 45 in (114.3 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
  • Style:
    Minimalist (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1990
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    LAGUNA BEACH, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2295337958062
More From This SellerView All
  • Tony Delap "Mysterious", 1977 Painting
    Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
    "Mysterioso", 1977 Tony Delap Acrylic on Canvas and Wood 39 x 43.5 x 3" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Franc...
    Category

    20th Century American Minimalist Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Acrylic, Wood

  • Tony Delap "Ozana", 1989 Painting
    Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
    "Ozana", 1989 Tony Delap Wood and Acrylic on Canvas 63 x 56 x9" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francisco, an...
    Category

    20th Century American Minimalist Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Acrylic, Wood

  • Tony Delap "Tamariz', 1996 Painting
    Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
    "Tamariz", 1996 Acrylic on Aluminum and Wood 9.75 x 9.75 x 1.5" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francisco, and...
    Category

    20th Century American Minimalist Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Aluminum

  • Tony Delap "Untitled", 1996 Painting
    Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
    "Untitled", 1996 Tony Delap Acrylic on Aluminum with Wood 16.25 x 9.5 x 1.25" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San...
    Category

    20th Century American Minimalist Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Aluminum

  • Tony Delap "Fadeaway", 2007 Painting
    Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
    "Fadeaway", 2007 Tony Delap Acrylic on Aluminum, Precision Board 31 x 27.5 x 3" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art Sa...
    Category

    20th Century American Minimalist Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Aluminum

  • Tony Delap "Untitled", 1974 Painting
    Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
    "Untitled", 1974 Tony Delap Acrylic on Canvas with Wood 82 x 82 x 3" Born in Oakland in 1927, Tony studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Academy of Art San Francisc...
    Category

    20th Century North American Minimalist Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Acrylic, Wood

You May Also Like
  • Painting by James Neill, 1990
    By James Neill
    Located in Sheffield, MA
    James Neill is a contemporary fine artist who specialises in drawing. His work deals with ideas of abstraction and reconstruction. All of the drawings are highly technical and are cr...
    Category

    1990s English Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas

  • Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden, 1990s-2000s
    By Sven Hansson
    Located in Stockholm, SE
    Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden. 1990's-2000's. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: H: 90 cm W: 120 cm Provenance: the estate of the artist. Working in a purely geometric, non-figurative ...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Contemporary Art

    Materials

    Canvas

  • 1990s Abstract Expressionist Painting by Frank Okada
    Located in Sagaponack, NY
    An abstract expressionist painting, from the Pacific Northwest, with a subtle color-form expanding beyond the canvas, exhibiting elaborate brushwork in oil. Titled 'BUI-94'.
    Category

    1990s American Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Paint

  • Modern Large Square Acrylic Painting on Canvas, France 1990s
    Located in Dallas, TX
    "Prisoner" painting by Philippe Delhom; named after the English television shows that starred Patrick McGoohan, in the end 1960s in Great Britain. Th...
    Category

    1990s French Modern Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

  • Modern Mixed Technique Painting with Abstract Style of a House, 1950-1990s
    Located in MIlano, IT
    Modern Mixed technique painting with abstract style of a house, 1950-1990s Mixed technique painting with abstract style subject of a house in the middle of nature. The painting has a first metal frame, inserted in a white passepartout. Outer frame in silver wood. 1950-1990s. Signed lower right side. Very good conditions, the frame shows signs of ageing. Measurements in cm 33x5x39h This fantastic painting...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

    Materials

    Wood, Paper

  • 1990 Untitled by Jane Hammond Female Nude Tantric Expressionist Oil Painting
    Located in Dayton, OH
    "Untitled (35,118,271,146) by Jane Hammond, 1991. Measure: 76". Jane Hammond is an accomplished painter, sculptor, and printmaker living and working in New York. Her work typic...
    Category

    1990s Expressionist Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Paint

Recently Viewed

View All