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BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966)
Nude with Green Statue
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Oil on cream wove paper, 1958. 600x457 mm; 23
1
/
2
x18 inches. Signed, titled and dated in oil, upper right.
Provenance: private collection, New York; purchased at Clarke’s, Larchmont, NY (2008): private
collection, NewYork.
An extraordinary early nude by this artist and a very scarce work on paper from his breakout period
in Provincetown. In the summer of 1958,Thompson began to paint figuratively and moved away
from abstract painting - greatly influenced by fellow resident artists Jan Müller and Gandy Brodie.
Beginning with his hommage
The Funeral of Jan Müller
, these early works are painted in a darker,
cooler palette, and typically in oil on masonite. Unlike his mature style, these early works are also
signed either “RobThompson” or “R.Thompson” in block letters.The Provincetown paintings were
all exhibited in the 1958 Provincetown Arts Festival sponsored by the Chrysler Museum, of which
Walter Chrysler purchased 13 of the works.
[20,000/30,000]
