Barbara Mathes Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the sixth annual Master Drawings New York. Modeled after the highly successful Master Drawings London, now in its 12th year, this event joins 23 galleries on New York's Upper East Side, as well as two auction houses, for the display of works on paper from the 15th through the 20th centuries, in mediums such as charcoal, watercolor, pastel, oil sketch, and more. The gallery will be presenting a broad selection of 20th century art, including a luminous Oscar Bluemner watercolor; a calligraphic Abstract Expressionist work by David Smith; Minimalist drawings by Fred Sandback, Brice Marden and Sol LeWitt; Pop by Christo and Claes Oldenburg; and contemporary selections by Enrico Castellani, John Graham, Yayoi Kusama, Gerhard Richter and Lee Ufan.
Master Drawings New York opens with a special preview on Friday, January 20th from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock pm and continues through Saturday, January 28th. The gallery's exhibition of works on paper will remain on view through February 25th.
Master Drawings New York
January 20 - February 25, 2012
Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938)
Canal, Bloomfield, New Jersey, n.d.
Watercolor on paper
4 13/16 x 6 7/8 in; 12.2 x 17.5 cm
Framed dimensions: 11 1/4 x 14 in; 28.6 x 35.6 cm
Inscribed with title and various notations on verso: Canal Bloomfield, NJ Red Ego humble, blue space mind. Green always the she, alter ego #274 b) record
Enrico Castellani (b. 1930)
Untitled, 1967
Metallic paint on embossed paper
26 5/8 x 36 1/8 in; 67.6 x 91.8 cm
Signed and dated, lower right: Castellani 1967
Christo (b. 1935)
Wrapped Automobile, Volvo 555-B-18 (Project), 1981-2000
Pencil, crayon, charcoal and collage on card
8 x 8 in; 20.3 x 20.3 cm
Framed dimensions: 14 x 14 x 1 1/8 in; 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.9 cm
Signed and dated, bottom left: Christo 1981-2000
Titled, top: Wrapped Automobile, Volvo 555-B-18 (Project)
John Graham (1881-1961)
Woman, 1950
Graphite and oil on paper
9 1/4 x 7 1/8 in; 23.5 x 18.1 cm
Framed dimensions: 19 x 16 3/4 in; 48.3 x 42.5 cm
Signed, lower left: Graham
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
River, 1963
Gouache on paper
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in; 34.3 x 26.7 cm
Framed dimensions: 21 1/8 x 18 7/8 in; 53.7 x 47.9 cm
Signed, titled and dated on verso: 1963 YAYOI KUSAMA RIVER
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Untitled, 1953
Gouache on colored paper
17 3/4 x 15 1/4 in; 45.1 x 38.7 cm
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Pair of Incomplete Open Cube Drawings (8/22 and 5/14), 1974
Ink on paper
Each: 11 5/8 x 11 1/2 in; 29.5 x 29.2 cm
Framed dimensions (each): 15 7/16 x 15 in; 39.2 x 38.1 cm
Signed lower right (both): LeWitt 6/74
Inscribed lower left: 8/22
Inscribed lower left: 5/14
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Isometric Drawing, 1981
Ink on paper
19 x 19 in; 48.3 x 48.3 cm
Framed Dimensions: 21 7/8 x 21 7/8 in; 55.6 x 55.6 cm
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Isometric Drawing, 1981
Ink on paper
19 x 19 in; 48.3 x 48.3 cm
Framed dimensions: 21 7/8 x 21 7/8 in; 55.6 x 55.6 cm
Brice Marden (b. 1938)
Untitled, 1971
Graphite and wax on paper
30 3/4 x 20 1/4 in; 78.1 x 51.4 cm
Framed dimensions: 36 x 27 1/2 in; 91.4 x 69.9 cm
Signed and dated, lower right: B. Marden 71
Henri Matisse (1896-1987)
Visage, 1950
Brush and India ink on paper
20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in; 52.1 x 40 cm
Framed dimensions: 33 x 28 1/4 in; 83.8 x 71.8 cm
Signed and dated, lower left: Henri Matisse, Avril 1950
Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929)
Proposed Colossal Monument for Columbus Circle, N.Y.C.-Silex Juicit, 1965
Crayon and watercolor on paper
29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in; 74.9 x 54.6 cm
Framed dimensions: 38 7/16 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 in; 97.6 x 77.5 x 3.8 cm
Signed with initials and dated, lower right: C.O. 65
Titled, lower left: Silex Juicit Columbus Circle
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
Untitled (12.2.91), 1991
Watercolor on paper
9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in; 24 x 16.8 cm
Framed dimensions: 19 x 16 in; 48.3 x 40.6 cm
Signed and dated, lower recto: Richter 12.2.91
Fred Sandback (1943-2003)
Untitled, 1968
Pencil and marker on grey paper
19 x 21 3/4 in; 48.3 x 55.2 cm
Framed dimensions: 24 1/2 x 26 3/4 in; 62.2 x 67.9 cm
Signed lower right: Sandback
David Smith (1906-1965)
Untitled, 1957
Egg, ink and gouache on paper
27 1/4 x 40 in; 69.2 x 101.6 cm
Framed dimensions: 38 1/4 x 50 3/4 in; 97.2 x 128.9 cm
Signed with initials and dated, lower right:
Mar, 1957
Stamped with the Estate of David Smith stamp and numbered, verso: 73-57.25
Philip Taaffe (b. 1955)
Melting Head, 2004
Oil and enamel on paper
39 3/4 x 26 1/2 in; 101 x 67.3 cm
Framed dimensions: 46 1/2 x 32 1/2 in; 118.1 x 82.6 cm
Lee Ufan (b. 1936)
Dialogue, 2006
Watercolor on paper
30.31 x 22.64 in; 77 x 57.5 cm
Signed and dated, lower right: L. Ufan '06
Lee Ufan (b. 1936)
Dialogue, 2006
Watercolor on paper
22.83 x 30.31 in; 58 x 77 cm
Signed and dated, lower right: L. Ufan '06
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