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Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner Catalogue note Dean was a figurative expressionist painter who addressed the advancements and failures of modern civilization with a socially critical conscience, particularly, technology, war, urban life, and general existential crises. As co-founder of two movements, the Torque group in 1965, whose members included Joseph Kurhajec, Peter Saul, and Leon Golub, and Rhino Horn in 1969, including Peter Pasuntino, Nick Sperakis, and others focused on socially critical art, Dean made a deliberate stand apart from the cool and analytic art of the 1960s and '70s like Minimalism, Hard Edge abstraction, Pop and Op art. Dean's rogue visionary style appealed to Allan Stone's "maximalist" tendencies, who avidly

Exhibited

at Sotheby’s. Purchased items will be available for collection at Crozier Fine Arts, 1 Star Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ as of Thursday, December 13th.

Catalog summary

PETER DEAN 1939 - 1993 UNTITLED signed oil on canvas Canvas: 12 by 10 in. (30.5 by 25.4 cm) Framed: 12½ by 10½ in. (31.8 by 26.7 cm) Executed circa 1969. Please note that this work will be exhibited at Sotheby’s. Purchased items will be available for collection at Crozier Fine Arts, 1 Star Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ as of Thursday, December 13th. Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner Catalogue note Dean was a figurative expressionist painter who addressed the advancements and failures of modern civilization with a socially critical conscience, particularly, technology, war, urban life, and general existential crises. As co-founder of two movements, the Torque group in 1965, whose members included Joseph Kurhajec, Peter Saul, and Leon Golub, and Rhino Horn in 1969, including Peter Pasuntino, Nick Sperakis, and others focused on socially critical art, Dean made a deliberate stand apart from the cool and analytic art of the 1960s and '70s like Minimalism, Hard Edge abstraction, Pop and Op art. Dean's rogue visionary style appealed to Allan Stone's "maximalist" tendencies, who avidly exhibited and collected his work. Dean has had numerous solo and group shows in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and his work in included in several public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Mint Museum of Art, North Carolina; and Grey Art Gallery, New York, among others.