Post-War & Contemporary Art
Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2pm EDT |
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Auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art on May 14, 2019 at 11am
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted
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We Invite You to Contact Us for a Complimentary Auction Appraisal of Your Fine Art
NEW YORK, NY -- On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 11am Doyle will hold an auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art. The sale will showcase a wide range of paintings and sculpture by prominent and emerging artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works by American, European, Latin American and Asian artists encompass Abstract Expressionism and various other abstract movements that follow, including Pop Art, Minimalism, Op Art, Fluxus and Street Art, as well as representational imagery from the years after World War II through the present day.
Richard Diebenkorn
Many artists who emerged onto the American art scene at the time of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Clifford Still incorporated the Abstract Expressionist format into their own works. But a number of them, including Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), returned to a figurative style. For approximately two decades, Diebenkorn returned to abstraction with a group of landscape derived compositions, the Ocean Park Series, of which this 1972 work on paper is a prime example (est. $100,000-200,000). The Ocean Park paintings, drawings and prints are the most widely celebrated of Diebenkorn’s career.
Mark Tobey
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) is often associated with the Abstract Expressionist painters of New York. Although he was fully aware of the works of his peers, he arrived at his mature style creating works known as his White Writing paintings influenced by Asian calligraphy and Baha’i and Zen Buddhism. A 1954 painting from the Estate of Elizabeth B. Vondracek is a wonderful example of Tobey’s rhythmic patterning and energetic compositions that emanate a spiritual energy (est. $20,000-30,000).
Pat Steir
Pat Steir’s (b. 1940) beloved series of “waterfall” paintings, which she began in the 1980s, were influenced by her relationship with the late John Cage, and his philosophy of chance in art. Steir’s interest in the role of time, environment and gravity allow her to explore the idea of removing the artist from the process of creating a work of art (est. $18,000-22,000).
Martin Wong
Created in Eureka, CA, several years before Martin Wong’s (1946-1999) arrival in New York, WACO Studio Loft is a prototypical rendering of Wong’s loft space. Its painted frame would be something ofetn employed by him throughout his career. The dreamlike setting is indicative of the atmosphere Wong worked in during his time in Eureka, which also carried through to his later, and far grittier, works depicting the rawness of the Lower East Side (est. $12,000-18,000).
We Invite You to Auction!
Consignments are currently being accepted. We invite you to contact us for a complimentary auction evaluation. Our specialists are always available to discuss the sale of a single item or an entire collection. For information, please call 212-427-4141, ext 249, or email paintings@Doyle.com
Mark Tobey American, 1890-1976 Untitled, 1954
Pat Steir American, b. 1940 Small Blue with Gold, Red and Green 2003
Martin Wong American, 1946-1999 WACO Studio Loft, circa 1975-78
Richard Diebenkorn American, 1922-1993 Untitled
