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HARRY UNDERWOOD Original Mixed Media on Board – Signed
Original mixed media painting on board by American outsider artist Harry Underwood (1968-). Painted with house paint and lettered with no. 2 pencils, Underwood delivers a scene from the “Ardmore Sweets”. This surrealistic family vacation has a female figure hula hooping in the foreground, next to a seated male figure. A sprinkler is going off next to the blackened pool while the hotel looms ominously in the background. Poetry embellishes the sky, creating a truly dreamlike scene for the viewer. The text reads:
"I can imagine this sky filled with cloudy symbols of high romance and an atmosphere of impulsive wishes and rewards. All of the time!"
Framed in black and signed by the artist.
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ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) ‘Flame’ Original Woodcut
An original woodcut print from American artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) titled “The Bather’ from a 1937 American Block Print Calendar with documentation of the calendar on the back of frame. Each illustration by a notable artist was printed separately so that it could be framed. Image features a heroic figure in the foreground against a large, stark white flame, mountains in the distance. This piece is a prime example of Kent’s recurring theme and interest in mysticism.
About the Artist: Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was born in Tarrytown, New York and was interested in art from a young age. His family’s financial standings prevented him from pursuing a career in fine arts and consequently, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in architecture at Columbia University. While primarily focusing on scenes of nature, Kent’s figurative works often contain mystical themes such as heroism and isolation. Around 1920, Kent began making woodcuts, establishing himself as one of the most prominent early American Modernists. Kent eventually left the New York art world, his time spent more on progressive political causes such as worker’s rights and preventing the spread of fascism in Europe. Later in his life, Kent found new popularity in the Soviet Union and in 1960, he donated 880 prints, drawings, and paintings to the people of the Soviet Union. Kent died of a heart attack in 1971 and was buried at Asgard, his farm in New York.
This woodcut is just one of hundreds of pieces of art that are available at our location in Grandview! Come in today and see the full collection.
ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) ‘The Bather’ Original Woodcut
An original woodcut print from American artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) titled “The Bather’ from a 1937 American Block Print Calendar with documentation of the calendar on the back of frame. Each illustration by a notable artist was printed separately so that it could be framed. Features a bather perched on rocks with a dark sky overhead and a sailboat in the distance. Archival quality framed in black.
About the Artist: Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was born in Tarrytown, New York and was interested in art from a young age. His family’s financial standings prevented him from pursuing a career in fine arts and consequently, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in architecture at Columbia University. While primarily focusing on scenes of nature, Kent’s figurative works often contain mystical themes such as heroism and isolation. Around 1920, Kent began making woodcuts, establishing himself as one of the most prominent early American Modernists. Kent eventually left the New York art world, his time spent more on progressive political causes such as worker’s rights and preventing the spread of fascism in Europe. Later in his life, Kent found new popularity in the Soviet Union and in 1960, he donated 880 prints, drawings, and paintings to the people of the Soviet Union. Kent died of a heart attack in 1971 and was buried at Asgard, his farm in New York.
This woodcut is just one of hundreds of pieces of art that are available at our location in Grandview! Come in today and see the full collection.
ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987) Signed and Numbered Lithograph
An original signed and numbered lithograph by famed French artist André Masson (1896-1987) reminiscent of Masson’s works in automatic drawing. Featuring graphic marks on a vivid ground of red, blue, yellow, and green, Masson’s surrealistic mark-making invites viewers to investigate the image and form their own meaning within the piece. Framed in silver and signed and numbered at the bottom.
About the Artist: André Masson(1896-1987) was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise and began to study art at the age of 11 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, later moving his studies to Paris. Masson’s early work displayed an interest in Cubism, but he later became more closely associated with Surrealism, becoming more of the more enthusiastic advocates of automatic drawing; a practice in which the hand is allowed to move randomly across the paper or canvas. Under the German occupation of France, Masson was labeled a degenerate artist by the Nazi regime and he later moved away from Surrealism, adopting a more structured style with themes of eroticism and violence. After escaping France to America, Masson’s work became an important influence on burgeoning Abstract Expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock, as he worked in Connecticut. Following the war, he returned to France and continued to paint until his death in 1987 at the age of 91.
This lithograph is just one of hundreds of pieces of art that are available at our location in Grandview! Come in today and see the full collection.
IDA KERKOVIUS(1879-1970) Signed Silkscreen
LYONEL FEININGER “Dorf” Original Woodcut
This original woodcut by German-American artist Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) is titled “Dorf” (translated to “Village”) and was published in Das Kunst blatt in 1919. Feininger was a leading exponent of the German Expressionist movement that overtook the Berlin art scene within the interwar years. This woodcut is brimming with Modernist insight and is a must-have for any serious art enthusiast.
About the Artist: Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) was a German-American painter involved in the Cubist and Expressionist movements of the early 20th century. Born and raised in New York City, Feininger moved to Germany at the age of 16 to study art. He began a career as a caricature artist and cartoonist to much praise. Feininger continues to be a widely studied artist and was subject of a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2011.
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THEO TOBIASSE(1927-2012) Serigraph – Signed
JAN DERUTH(1922-1991) Serigraph – Signed
Vintage GABOR PETERDI(1915-2001) Aquatint Etching – Signed
THOMAS MCKNIGHT Serigraph – Signed
THOMAS MCKNIGHT Serigraph – Signed
