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47 MERTON D. SIMPSON (1928 - 2013)
Untitled (Abstraction)
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Watercolor on fibrous Japan paper mounted on thin cardstock, 1955. 305x406 mm; 12x16 inches.
Signed and dated in watercolor, lower right.
Provenance: private collection.
[3,000/5,000]
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MERTON D. SIMPSON (1928 - 2013 )
Cat Phantasy
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Oil on masonite board, 1953. 914x610 mm; 36x24 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto.
Signed, titled and dated in oil, lower right verso.
Provenance: private collection,Virginia.
This oil is a fine, early example of Abstract Expressionism when the artist was an emerging talent
who exhibited with the NewYork School. From 1951-1954, Merton Simpson served in the U.S.
Air Force and was stationed in Cheyenne,Wyoming. But Simpson was allowed to paint as an official
duty while in the service, and he continued to advance his career in the NewYork gallery scene. In
1952, he was included in a juried exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, winning honorable
mention for a watercolor. And in 1954, Simpson was included in a group exhibition at Bertha
Schaefer Gallery and the exhibition
Younger American Painters
at the Guggenheim Museum.
[8,000/12,000]
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