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Abstract Art: Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, Manel Llèdos, Frank Stella, and Jack Youngerman
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Top: Manel Llèdos (Barcelona, 1955), Ring Bells. Acrylic on canvas, 1988. Llèdos was born in Barcelona and lives in New York City. He is a Professor of Art at the Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York. His work has been shown at the Chicago and LA International Art Fairs, and he has had one-person shows at galleries in NY, Madison WI (at Spaightwood Galleries), Minneapolis, Barcelona, LA, Costa Rica, and Toronto.In 1984 he was awarded the "Prize of the Americas." Image size: 17.5"x43" / 445x1095mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Upper left: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994), Untitled (for Fresh Air School), Original lithograph, 1979. 2500 unsigned impressions. Published for an exhibit of the Fresh Air School: Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell, & Walasse Ting. Francis was active in Europe during the 1950s and 60s and also particiapted in Walasse Ting's "1¢ Life" project which combined images from many artists, including Francis, Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn, Joan Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and others. Image size: 283x445mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Upper center: Frank Stella (American, b. 1936), Palmito Ranch (Benjamin Moore Series) (Axsom 62). Original color lithograph, 1971. 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper published by Gemini G.E.L. One of Stella's most exhibited prints, this work was shown in at least 18 museum shows bewtween 1971 and 1986. Image size: 406x559mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Upper right: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994), Untitled (for "1¢ Life"). Original color lithograph, 1964. 2000 unsigned impressions (plus 100 signedd for contributors). Published in Walasse Ting's "1¢ Life" project which combined images from many artists, including Francis, Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn, Joan Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and others. The work has been recognized as one of the most important artist's books of the 20th century.Image size: 408x288mm. Price:
Lower left: Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923), Melon Leaf (Axsom 44). Original lithograph, 1965-66. 75 signed & numbered impressions. The first of the post-war American artists to be widely shown in Europe, Kelly has had numerous retrospectives at museums in America and Europe, including the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Pompidou (Paris), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (amoang many others too numerous to fit here). WE pirchased this work due to the testimony of Yoyo Maeght, Aimé Maeght's grand-daughter. She and I had been looking at works by Claudee Garache and Joan Gardy Artigas, bith of whom have created many images of women. At one point in our browsing, she took me to the back rooom where she showed me this work, the last impression unsold in their inventory, and she told me that this was the sexiest work of art she had ever seen. When a French woman makes a statement like that, the only possible course of action is to add it to the pile of works we were purchasing. Over the years, we have seen many nudes and many of Ellsworthe Kelly's leaf and flower drawings. I'm not yet convinced that her statemeent was incorrect! Image size: 905x625mm. Mat size: 42x30 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Lower center: Jack Youngerman (American, b. 1928), Blue and White. Original color lithograph, 1986. 90 signed & numbered impressions. There is an important essay by Donald Kuspit in Art in America (July 1986, pp. 84-91) on the occasion of Youngerman's major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Image size: 820x610mm. Mat size: 40x32 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Lower right: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994), Up and down. Original lithograph,, 1967. 25 signed and numbered impressionss (of which ours is n. 4//25) printed at the Hollander Workshop and published by Irwin Hollander with the workshop seal lower left. Another impression of this work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Sam Francis was originally influenced by Abstract Expressionism and by the French version, Tachisme. His 1st one-person show was in Paris in 1957. Image size: 764x564mm. Mat size: 36x28 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Bottom left: Manel Llèdos (Barcelona, 1955), Stoughton Series ML 34. Original color monotype, 1991. In the summer of 1991, by arrangement with Spaightwood Galleries and Galeria Joan Prats, Lledos came to Madison WI and worked on monotypes with Wayne Taylor, Professor of Art at the University of WisconsinMadison, serving as Master Printer. Painting with oil on clear plexiglas, printing, allowing the sheet to dry, then putting it under the plexyglas to serve as a visible base for the next layer of paint, together they produced a series of monotypes they named the Stoughton Series in honor of Wayne's Stoughton WI workshop. Both Manel and Wayne were quite happy with the results, and so were we. Image size: 385x575mm. Mat size: 24x32 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Bottom center: Manel Llèdos (Barcelona, 1955), Stoughton Series A. 33. Original color monotype, 1991. Image size: 385x575mm. Mat size: 24x32 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Bottom right: Manel Llèdos (Barcelona, 1955), Stoughton Series ML 38. Original color monotype, 1991. Image size: 385x575mm. Mat size: 24x32 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Bottom far right: Manel Llèdos (Barcelona, 1955), Stoughton Series ML 31. Original color monotype, 1991. Image size: 385x575mm. Mat size: 24x32 inches. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
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