New York—Swann Galleries will present a selection of 111 works by artists expanding the boundaries of abstraction, in a variety of mediums, throughout the mid-century and post-war period in a Thursday, December 2 sale of Modern & Post-War Art.
Abstract Expressionism is featured prominently in the sale, with a 1966 tempera-and-ink mixed media work by Robert Motherwell at the top of the offerings ($25,000-35,000); two acrylic-on-paper works by Norman Bluhm will include Steel Grass, 1964 ($12,000-18,000), and a work in lavender from 1967 ($10,000-15,000); and abstract landscapes by Hans Hofmann, Jehudith Sobel and Judith Rothschild. Cubism and geometric abstraction is available with works by Jose de Creeft, Karl Knaths, James Daugherty, Rolph Scarlett, John von Wicht and Louis Schanker.
Color field artists include Sam Gilliam, with a run of 1970s watercolors reminiscent of his larger drape paintings ($10,000-15,000, apiece); Jack Roth is available with three mid-1970s acrylic-on-canvases: Benchmark, 1967 ($5,000-7,000), Burrow’s World, 1975 ($5,000-7,000), and an untitled work from 1976 ($4,000-6,000); and Cleve Gray with Horus, (Perne Series), a 1979 acrylic-on-canvas ($8,000-12,000).
A strong showing of avante-garde sculpture from mid-century artists will include Alexander Archipenko’s 1967 bronze Walking ($20,000-30,000). Additional highlights feature bronze sculptures with Henry Moore’s Mother with Child on Knee, 1982 ($15,000-20,000); Sir Jacob...
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