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FRANK BOWLING (1936 - )
Irv Sandler’s Visit
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Acrylic on cotton canvas, 1977. 1181xx711 mm; 46
1
/
2
x28 inches.With the artist’s name spray-painted
with stencil, lower left verso.Titled, inscribed and dated “27 Aug. 1977” in purple ink, upper right
and lower left verso.
Provenance: Ellen Sragow, Ltd., NewYork, with the label on the frame back; the Owens Corning
corporate art collection; private collection, New Jersey.
Irving Sandler is the celebrated art historian and critic who is best known for his writings on the
New York School,
The Triumph of American Painting
, and his affinity with the artist’s perspective -
visiting many artist’s studios.
This richly colored and sumptuous abstraction by Frank Bowling is the first canvas from his 1970s
series of “poured paintings” to come to auction. Beginning in NewYork in 1973, the artist used a tilting
board platform to controlled the flow and descent of the acrylic paint vertically down the canvas.
Organized by Dr. Courtney J. Martin,The Tate Museum, Britain recently held an exhibition of these
abstract paintings with
Frank Bowling’s Poured Paintings 1973-8
,April 30, 2012 - March 10, 2013.
[35,000/50,000]