1948 Exhibition Announcement, Recent Paintings by Baziotes, Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, NYC, William Baziotes 1940s work

Erscheinungsdatum: 1948

Beschreibung

This is a scarce original 1948 announcement for an exhibition, Recent Paintings by Baziotes, at the Samuel M. Kootz Gallery at 13 E. 57th St, in New York City. William Baziotes (June 11, 1912 June 6, 1963) was an American painter who combined aspects of surrealism with abstraction,and contributed significantly to the beginnings of what would become abstract expressionism. The Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, opened only 4 years before the printing of this exhibition announcement and became a forceful leader in promoting the works of famous American abstract /abstract expressionist painters from the 1940s through the 1960s. Kootz represented and promoted some of the most important figures in early abstraction expressionism, including Baziotes who is often specifically mentioned in conjunction with the Kootz Gallery. This announcement contains a short essay by the Gallery owner, Samuel M. Kootz, discussing Baziotes painting Cyclops (reproduced on the facing panel) and how this painting became a focus of controversy among art reviewers who Kootz felt lacked a grasp of work that had non-literal subject matter and an emphasis on art s plastic processes. Such were the early struggles of American abstraction to gain widespread acceptance an acceptance European abstraction had enjoyed for many decades. Physical Description: A single sheet of paper, twice folded to form four panels; letterpress printed on textured cream-colored paper with one deckle edge. Interior contains an essay and one black & white photo reproduction of a painting by Baziotes. Rear cover has a list of the paintings in the exhibition. Dimensions when folded: 5 x 5 1/2 . Condition: In exceptional condition, the only flaw being a shallow crease and a bit of weathering to the upper corners, and a small bit of darkening along the cover's right cut edge. Otherwise, flat, crisp and bright and unmarked. A museum quality piece of ephemera. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2246

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 1948 Exhibition Announcement, Recent ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1948

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Near Fine