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the art show FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 5, 2017 • PARK AVENUE ARMORY • NEW YORK CITY
On the cover: BRADLEY WALKER TOMLIN, Number 8, 1949, Oil on canvas 39 x 44 inches
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T H E A R T D E A L E R S A S S O C I AT I O N O F A M E R I C A
the art show FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 5, 2017 • PARK AVENUE ARMORY • NEW YORK CITY
Exhibited:
Bradley Walker Tomlin: New Paintings, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY, 1949/1950. Forty American Painters 1940-50, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June 4 – August 30, 1951. Friends of Modern Art, The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI, April 20 – May 16, 1954; the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Bradley Walker Tomlin, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1957, illustrated in catalogue pg. 41. Traveling exhibition: The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Spring, CO; Art Galleries of the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan, Italy, 1960. Pittura Moderna Straniera nelle Collezioni Private Italiane, Galleria Civica d’arte Moderna, Torino, Italy, 1961. Bradley Walker-Tomlin: A Retrospective, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, New York, August 31 – December 11, 2016.
Literature:
John I.H. Baur, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1957, pg 41 (illustrated) no 26 on checklist, pg. 59. Bradley Walker Tomlin Catalogue Raisonne Compiled by Hofstra University, pg. 151. Bradley Walker-Tomlin: A Retrospective, Curated by Daniel Belasco. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, New York, August 31 – December 11, 2016. Illustrated in catalogue, No. 31, pg. 90.
Bradley Walker Tomlin Number 8, 1949 Oil on canvas 39 x 44 inches Signed “b. tomlin” upper left Inventory #O16.6238 Provenance:
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY 1950 Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan, Italy Private Collection, Italy
DAVID SMITH 10-3-59, 1959 Ink on paper 27 x 39 3/8 inches Signed and dated lower left Inventory #O04.4675 Provenance: The Estate of David Smith (Estate # 73-59.93) American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany
MICHAEL GOLDBERG Untitled, 1951 Oil on canvas 52 ¼ x 76 inches Signed and dated verso Inventory #O14.6127 Provenance: Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York, NY Collection of Peter B. Lewis, Cleveland, OH (acquired from above in 1984) Sotheby’s New York, November 12, 2014 sale, lot 245 Exhibited: Michael Goldberg: Major Paintings of the 50’s, Oct.-Dec. 1984, Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York, illustrated in color on cover of exhibition brochure. Bibliography: Ellen Lee Klein, All Kinds of Rational Questions: An Interview with Michael Goldberg, Arts Magazine, February 1985, p. 83, illustrated
AL HELD AF-15, 1960 Acrylic and ink on paper 9 x 24 inches Signed verso #O07.5161 Provenance: Gift of the artist to Mara Held (artist’s daughter)
NORMAN BLUHM Eighty Eight, 1961 Oil on paper mounted on board 24 x 39 inches Signed and dated lower left Inventory #O05.4909 Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
MICHAEL GOLDBERG Untitled, 1999 Oil, oil stick and pastel on paper 26 x 26 inches Signed and dated lower right; estate numbered verso Inventory #C14.6140 Provenance: Estate of the artist (39/99-DWG)
ALFRED LESLIE Untitled, 1954 Collage and oil on paper Signed and dated lower right 25 ½ x 19 ½ inches Inventory #C17.6243 Provenance:
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, IL Collection of Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Los Angeles, CA Estate of Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Los Angeles, CA (by descent)
SAM FRANCIS Untitled, 1959 Watercolor and gouache on paper 22 ½ x 16 ½ inches Signed lower right; signed and dated “January 1959” verso Inventory #O00.3725 Provenance: Acquired from the artist Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Collection of Dr. Nathan and Lillian Alpers, Los Angeles, CA (acquired from above in 1959) Collection of Lillian Alpers, Los Angeles, CA (by descent) Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA Sam Francis Estate number SF59-424
GIORGIO CAVALLON Untitled, 1977 Oil on canvas 52 1/8 x 36 Âź inches Signed and dated verso Inventory #C17. 6244 Provenance: Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
ESTEBAN VICENTE Egan Collage, 1952 Collage 19 ¾ x 24 ¾ inches Signed lower left in pencil Inventory #C16.6229 Provanance:
Holland Goldowsky Gallery, Chicago, IL Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB Labyrinth, 1955 Oil and enamel on canvasboard 8 x 10 inches Signed and dated lower right, and signed, dated and titled in pencil verso Inventory #C17.6240 Provenance:
Acquired from the artist Bernard (Bernie) Biller, acquired from the above, 1955 Private Collection, acquired from the above Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, NY Note:
This painting is accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation dated January 8, 2014
POL BURY Huit Boules dans an Armoire Escalier, 1964 Kinetic wood sculpture with string, motor and wooden balls 39 ½ x 19 ¾ x 10 inches Inventory #C17.6241 Provenance:
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY Collection Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Los Angeles, CA Estate of Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Los Angeles, CA (by descent) Exhibited:
La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA. Continuing Surrealism, January 15 - March 21, 1971 Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York, NY. A Tribute to Peter Selz, February 2 – March 17, 2000
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB Untitled, 1953 Gouache on paper 19 ¼ x 24 ¾ inches Signed lower left Inventory #C17.6239 Provenance:
Collection of the artist Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich, Germany Private Collection, Germany Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, NY Exhibited:
Musee d’art Moderne et d’art Contemporain, Nice, France, Ecole de New York, December 8, 2005 – March 5, 2006.
AL HELD C-60-12, 1960 India ink on paper 18 x 24 inches Signed verso #O07.5163 Provenance: Gift from the artist to Mara Held (artist’s daughter)
EDWARD DUGMORE 23rd Street #2, 1956 Oil on canvas 70 x 94 ½ inches Signed and dated verso Inventory #C17.6245 Provenance: Acquired from the Estate of the Artist Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA
ANDY WARHOL Jackie, 1964 Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen Signed and dated erroneously 1959 upper right 22 x 18 inches Inventory #C17.6242 Provenance: Collection of LaMonte Young, New York, NY Collection of Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Los Angeles, CA Estate of Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Los Angeles, CA (by descent) Exhibited: Santa Monica, Hoffman Borman Gallery, The New Who's Who, July 30 - September 10, 1987 Literature: Frei, Georg, Neil Printz, and Sally King-Nero. Paintings and Sculptures, 1964-1969: Warhol 02A,02B: The Andy Warhol Catalogue RaisonnĂŠ. New York: Phaidon, 2004, no. 1087.
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