Sale: 503 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, July 17. 2020 in Munich Lot 133

 

133
Howard Kanovitz
One By Threes, 1971.
Liquitex Polymer Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 62,500 / $ 67,500

(incl. surcharge)
One By Threes. 1971.
Liquitex Polymer Acrylic on canvas.
Lower right signed, verso of canvas signed, dated and titled, as well as inscribed with dimensions and technique. Verso of the stretcher with several typographically inscribed labels, among others of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 204 x 152.5 cm (80.3 x 60 in). Dimensions of frame: 211 x 160 cm (83,1 x 63 in).
[CH].
• The artist is considered the "Grandfather of Photorealism" (Barbara Rose).
• Other works by the artist are in possession of, among others, Tate Britain, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne
• Kanovitz showed works at documenta 5 and 6 in 1972 and 1977
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This work is registered on the website of the Howard Kanovitz Foundation on www.howardkanovitz.com.

PROVENANCE: Waddell Gallery, New York (verso of the stretcher with typographically inscribed gallery labels)
Galerie Östergren, Malmö.
Art tarder Bo Alveryd, Kävlinge/Sweden.
Private collection Switzerland.

EXHIBITION: Howard Kanowitz, Galerie Östergren, Malmö 1971.
documenta 5, section 15: Jean Christophe Ammann, Realismus, Neue Galerie Erdgeschoss, Kassel, June 30 - October 8, 1972, pp. 33 f. (with full-page color illu.).
Kanowitz, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, March 19 - April 28, 1974, cat. no. 35, p. 78 (with full-page black-and-white illu.).
Howard Kanowitz. Arbeiten 1951-1978, Akademie der Künste (in cooperation with the DAAS artist program), September 2 - October 21, 1979, cat. no. 67, p. 115 (with full-page black-and-white illu.).
Dream and Reality, MIRO Gallery, Prague (in cooperation with Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin), December 16, 2010 - February 23, 2011 (with color illu.).
Aufbruch Realismus. Die neue Wirklichkeit im Bild nach '68, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Museum im Deutschhof, Bielefeld, March 31 - July 1, 2012, p. 46 (with full-page color illu.).

"His influence was that he made working from photographs seem like a good idea."
Chuck Close about his fellow artist Howard Kanovitz, 2009 (quote from: www.nytimes.com)




133
Howard Kanovitz
One By Threes, 1971.
Liquitex Polymer Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 62,500 / $ 67,500

(incl. surcharge)