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Master Works on Paper

An Online Exhibition

April 3 – 24, 2018

Lorraine Shemesh, Totem, 2014, Graphite wash on mylar, 32 1/2 x 22 inches, Realistic graphite underwater drawing. Lorraine Shemesh is an American artist who abstracts the human form. She marries figure-based painting with abstract expressionist concerns.

Lorraine Shemesh

Totem, 2014

Graphite wash on mylar

32 1/2 x 22 inches

Signed upper right

Willem de Kooning, Thursday July 17, 1969, Oil on Newspaper, 23 x 14 1/2 inches, Abstract piece with muted color marks over a newspaper page. Willem de Kooning was one of the largest Abstract Expressionist painters who focused on gestural movement, Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism.

Willem de Kooning

Thursday July 17, 1969, 1969

Oil on Newspaper

23 x 14 1/2 inches

Signed twice at bottom center (in pencil): de Kooning

Larry Rivers, Reclining Nude, c. 1960-65, Mixed Media on Paper, 12 x 16 3/4 inches, Abstract pink and yellow female portrait. Larry Rivers was an American Abstract Expressionist artist.

Larry Rivers

Reclining Nude, c. 1960-65

Mixed Media on Paper

12 x 16 3/4 inches

Burgoyne Diller, Untitled, 1946, Grpahite and crayon on vellum, 18 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches, Vertical pencil drawing with red and blue squares. Burgoyne Diller was a modernist artist who worked in various mediums to create geometric abstractions.

Burgoyne Diller

Untitled, 1946

Grpahite and crayon on vellum

18 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches

Burgoyne Diller, Drawing for Sculpture, 1963, Pencil and crayon on paper, Sculpture sketch with square and rectangular stacked shapes. Burgoyne Diller was a modernist artist who worked in various mediums to create geometric abstractions.

Burgoyne Diller

Drawing for Sculpture

1963

Pencil and crayon on paper

11 x 14 inches

Burgoyne Diller, Third Theme, Pencil and crayon on paper, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, Sketch with vertical and horizontal black, red, blue and yellow lines. Burgoyne Diller was a modernist artist who worked in various mediums to create geometric abstractions.

Burgoyne Diller

Third Theme

Pencil and crayon on paper

3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Mercedes Matter, Tudor City, 1928, Charcoal on paper, gestural charcoal drawing, Mercedes Matter was an American Abstract Expressionist painter.

Mercedes Matter

Tudor City

1928

Charcoal on paper

25 x 19 inches

Mercedes Matter, Interior

Mercedes Matter

Interior

Charcoal on paper

25 x 19 inches

Dwinell Grant, R-8, 1936, Ink on paper, 10 1/4 x 8 inches, Red thin line sketch. Dwinell Grant made experimental modernist and constructivist films and paintings.

Dwinell Grant

R-8, 1936

Ink on paper

10 1/4 x 8 inches

Dwinell Grant, Contrathemis Frame 2409, 1941, Colored pencil on tracing paper, 8 x 10 1/2 inches, 3 blue squares, and one vertical sphere. Dwinell Grant made experimental modernist and constructivist films and paintings.

Dwinell Grant

Contrathemis Frame 2409, 1941

Colored pencil on tracing paper

8 x 10 1/2 inches

Dwinell Grant, Contrathemis Frame 2809, 1941, Colored pencil on tracing paper, 8 x 10 1/2 inches, Blue square, black square, and blue outlined circle. Dwinell Grant made experimental modernist and constructivist films and paintings.

Dwinell Grant

Contrathemis Frame 2809, 1941

Colored pencil on tracing paper

8 x 10 1/2 inches

Hilla Rebay, Swingers, Graphite on paper, 11 x 9 inches, pencil sketch of man dancing with smiling woman. Hilla Rebay was an abstract artist and co-founder of the Guggenheim.

Hilla Rebay

Swingers

Grpahite on paper

11 x 9 inches

Hilla Rebay, Moses, Graphite on paper, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, pencil sketch of man in chefs uniform. Hilla Rebay was an abstract artist and co-founder of the Guggenheim.

Hilla Rebay

Moses, 1932

Graphite on paper

10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches

Hilla Rebay, Tenement, Graphite on paper, 13 1/2 x 11 inches, pencil sketch of person with unnatural long arms and a city backdrop. Hilla Rebay was an abstract artist and co-founder of the Guggenheim.

Hilla Rebay

Tenement

Graphite on paper

13 1/2 x 11 inches

Hilla Rebay, Abstract Composition, Watercolor on paper, 14 x 16-1/2 inches, colorful watercolor painting of various triangles and spheres. Hilla Rebay was an abstract artist and co-founder of the Guggenheim.

Hilla Rebay

Abstract Composition

Watercolor on paper

14 x 16-1/2 inches

Harry Bertoia, 1305, ca.1970, Monoprint on rice paper 26 x 41 in, Three trees with strange abstract shapes on stick bases. Harry Bertoia was an artist and furniture designer.

Harry Bertoia

1305, ca.1970

Monoprint on rice paper

26 x 41 in

Harry Bertoia, 1264 c.1970, Monoprint on rice paper 26 5/8 x 36 ¼ in, Green, orange and black abstract monoprint. Harry Bertoia was an artist and furniture designer.

Harry Bertoia

1264 c.1970

Monoprint on rice paper

26 5/8 x 36 ¼ in

Harry Bertoia, 1165, c.1970, Monoprint on rice paper 26 x 41 in. Abstract black and white lines. Harry Bertoia was an artist and furniture designer.

Harry Bertoia

1165, c.1970

Monoprint on rice paper

26 x 41 in

Herbert Gentry, Dialogue Series A, 1933, Pastel on Paper, 12 x 9 1/2 inches, Outlined portraits in red, blue and yellow. Herbert Gentry painted in a semi-figural abstract style, suggesting images of humans, masks, animals and objects caught in a web of circular brush strokes, encompassed by flat, bright color.

Herbert Gentry

Dialogue Series A, 1933

Pastel on paper

12 x 9 1/2 inches

Signed lower right

Herbert Gentry, All of Us Series, 1992, Color and graphite on paper, 9 1/2 x 12 inches, Outlined and overlapped portraits in red, blue, green and black. Herbert Gentry painted in a semi-figural abstract style, suggesting images of humans, masks, animals and objects caught in a web of circular brush strokes, encompassed by flat, bright color.

Herbert Gentry

All of Us Series, 1992

Color and graphite on paper

9 1/2 x 12 inches

Signed lower left

Herbert Gentry, Three Ways, 1994, Acrylic on board, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, Outlined and overlapped portraits in red, blue, green and yellow. Herbert Gentry painted in a semi-figural abstract style, suggesting images of humans, masks, animals and objects caught in a web of circular brush strokes, encompassed by flat, bright color.

Herbert Gentry

Three Ways, 1994

Acrylic on board

11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches