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Robert Berger "First Flower" Abstract Painting
Estimate:
$400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
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Summer 2024 Fine Art & Estate Auction
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Description: Item/Description: Original Mid-Century Modern abstract painting "First Flower" by New York artist, Robert Berger., Titled and date on stretcher bar: #45 First Flower 1970. Signed lower right: Berger.
"Robert Berger is unique among artists on the contemporary New York Scene. Eschewing the modish, and going his own way, he created a body of work that represents a fresh and original fusion of Abstract Impressionism and Representational Painting.
These are paintings of dazzling color and raw beauty, and he offers the viewer a strange, wholly personal vision of the world" – Joseph Le Seuer Critic Formerly of Village Voice.
And from Art Critic John Canaday - “Revelling in Paint" from Art Speak 1985: “One of the most uninhibited figurative expressionists this reviewer has come across in quite some time is Robert Berger, showing his work of the past fifteen years at his own living loft, …West 46 Street on March 4-13. Paint is Berger’s passion and he piles it on hot and heavy in vortex-like impastoes out of which figures emerge. Many of them are voluptuous female nudes who seem to be revelling in their own flesh, just as Berger does in the thickly encrusted paint with which he creates them. In many of the large canvases, energy lines zoom out from the center, suggesting perspective, but this is contradicted by the way the figures hug the picture plane. With the same muscular conviction, Berger also paints religious subjects, such as “Birth of Christ" and “Garden of the Gods", a painterly flowering which has intensity reminiscent of Van Gogh’s sunflowers."
(American, New York City Studio Artist, Splatter Painting, Abstract Expressionist, Drip Painting, Modern Art, Action Painting, Manner of Jackson Pollock)
Material: Oil / acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: Image size: Height: 25 3/4"; Width: 19". Framed: Height: 26 1/2"; Width: 19 3/4"
Condition: Signs of age and wear include paint loss, surface scratches. Wood frame shows wear, surface scratches, paint splattering, smudges.
Age: 1970
Provenance: Rikowski Collection. Purchased directly from the Robert Berger Estate.
Shipping: $145 Standard (within Continental US) provided In-House. Shipping method is determined by item size, type, fragility and specific characteristics. Shipping and handling costs are calculated based on average carrier rates, delivery distance and packing complexity. PLEASE NOTE: All orders over $500 will require shipping insurance to be paid by the buyer. A fee of $1.50 per $100 of coverage will be added to your shipping and handling cost(s). International Bidders: Please email admin@taurusauctions.com for a shipping quote to your country. Condition Reports: Please see all photos and read entire description before requesting condition reports. Please contact us before bidding if you require additional photos or have any questions regarding condition. Email admin@taurusauctions.com for all condition reports. See all Terms and Conditions prior to bidding.
Buyers premium: 18%
"Robert Berger is unique among artists on the contemporary New York Scene. Eschewing the modish, and going his own way, he created a body of work that represents a fresh and original fusion of Abstract Impressionism and Representational Painting.
These are paintings of dazzling color and raw beauty, and he offers the viewer a strange, wholly personal vision of the world" – Joseph Le Seuer Critic Formerly of Village Voice.
And from Art Critic John Canaday - “Revelling in Paint" from Art Speak 1985: “One of the most uninhibited figurative expressionists this reviewer has come across in quite some time is Robert Berger, showing his work of the past fifteen years at his own living loft, …West 46 Street on March 4-13. Paint is Berger’s passion and he piles it on hot and heavy in vortex-like impastoes out of which figures emerge. Many of them are voluptuous female nudes who seem to be revelling in their own flesh, just as Berger does in the thickly encrusted paint with which he creates them. In many of the large canvases, energy lines zoom out from the center, suggesting perspective, but this is contradicted by the way the figures hug the picture plane. With the same muscular conviction, Berger also paints religious subjects, such as “Birth of Christ" and “Garden of the Gods", a painterly flowering which has intensity reminiscent of Van Gogh’s sunflowers."
(American, New York City Studio Artist, Splatter Painting, Abstract Expressionist, Drip Painting, Modern Art, Action Painting, Manner of Jackson Pollock)
Material: Oil / acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: Image size: Height: 25 3/4"; Width: 19". Framed: Height: 26 1/2"; Width: 19 3/4"
Condition: Signs of age and wear include paint loss, surface scratches. Wood frame shows wear, surface scratches, paint splattering, smudges.
Age: 1970
Provenance: Rikowski Collection. Purchased directly from the Robert Berger Estate.
Shipping: $145 Standard (within Continental US) provided In-House. Shipping method is determined by item size, type, fragility and specific characteristics. Shipping and handling costs are calculated based on average carrier rates, delivery distance and packing complexity. PLEASE NOTE: All orders over $500 will require shipping insurance to be paid by the buyer. A fee of $1.50 per $100 of coverage will be added to your shipping and handling cost(s). International Bidders: Please email admin@taurusauctions.com for a shipping quote to your country. Condition Reports: Please see all photos and read entire description before requesting condition reports. Please contact us before bidding if you require additional photos or have any questions regarding condition. Email admin@taurusauctions.com for all condition reports. See all Terms and Conditions prior to bidding.
Buyers premium: 18%
