THOMAS DOWNING
UNTITLED , 1959 (Executed)
Lot #59 |
2018-12-03 |
Sotheby's, New York
A Life of Discovery: Works from The Allan Stone Collection | Contemporary Art Online
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 10,000 - 15,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N09961
Auction name: A Life of Discovery: Works from The Allan Stone Collection | Contemporary Art Online
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2018-12-03
End date: 2018-12-10
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 96 by 88¾ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
243.8
Width In Centimeters:
225.4
Height In Inches:
96
Width In Inches:
88.75
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Year notes: Executed in 1959.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner Catalogue note With his best known motif of stained repetitive circles often in geometric patterns on unprimed canvas, Downing epitomized the Washington Color Field Movement, spearheaded by Kenneth Noland in the 1950s and 1960s and including such artist as Sam Gilliam, Anne Truitt and Alma Thomas. Downing
Exhibited
at Allan Stone Projects. Purchased items will be available for collection at Crozier Fine Arts, 1 Star Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ as of Thursday, December 13th.
Catalog summary
THOMAS DOWNING 1928 - 1985 UNTITLED acrylic on unprimed canvas Canvas: 96 by 88¾ in. (243.8 by 225.4 cm) Executed circa 1959. Please note that this work will be exhibited at Allan Stone Projects. 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 With his best known motif of stained repetitive circles often in geometric patterns on unprimed canvas, Downing epitomized the Washington Color Field Movement, spearheaded by Kenneth Noland in the 1950s and 1960s and including such artist as Sam Gilliam, Anne Truitt and Alma Thomas. Downing exhibited widely in New York—he mounted solo exhibitions at Allan Stone Gallery in 1962, '67 and '68—Washington D.C., and Massachusetts. His work is in numerous public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.