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Liz's Picks
Liz Goodridge | VP, West Coast Director of American Art
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Andrews moved to New York in
1958 and this urban sketch, while undated, is likely a scene from this period,
capturing his environs of the Lower East Side. The present work is likely an
early example of the artist's experimental works in oil, before he transitioned
to working with his preferred medium of collage. The abstract blocks of color
that appear in the composition resemble the same piecemeal assemblage
characteristic of collage and it was this "sense of rawness" the artist sought
to achieve in his works. The areas of exposed canvas at left and right also
appear to resemble the artist's striking use of negative space in his most
accomplished collages.
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Vermont was the subject of many
of the Wysocki's landscape works which depicted the region through all seasons.
Here, the plentiful spring or early summer landscape is decorated with fields
of blooming daisies and trees full of flowers and buds. The composition
includes the whimsy which has become characteristic of the artist's work,
including two figures jubilantly playing catch in the lower left corner. The
American flag pictured at upper left is another patriotic symbol Wysocki often
featured in many of his New England landscapes.
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Julia's Picks
Julia Matthiesen | Fine Art Department Coordinator, NY
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Will Barnet loved his cats. They were a constant presence in his
home and a recurring subject in his art, where he often explored domestic
spaces and intimate relationships with meditative care. Study for
"Anticipation" reflects his final stylistic evolution: figural forms
set within geometric backgrounds and clever compositions. Here, Barnet distills
his skill of line and form, making visible the quiet, and sometimes
mischievous, companionship of a beloved subject.
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Henriette Wyeth, eldest daughter of the Wyeth family, infused her
art with an understanding of resilience and a profound appreciation for life.
Having contracted polio as a young child, she carried its challenges throughout
her career, yet it never diminished her lifelong devotion to painting.
Celebrated for her mastery of color and light, she was most highly regarded as
a portrait painter, capturing presence and sensitivity in her sitters. In Listening
to the Ocean, her composition conveys both an innocence
and quiet wonder, while the shimmering tonalities of the shell reveal her
refined command of light across surface and form.
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Max's Picks
Max Condon | Associate Specialist, Fine & Decorative Arts
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Well known for his marine
scenes of ships and harbors, Richard Hayley Lever had an eye for the tension of
transitions. It could be seen in buildings, docks, and boats, the manmade
sprawling from the land across the water. Sometimes it was subtler, fresh
snow on trees, or a change in the light or wind. In Job Site,
a verdant landscape is torn apart by the bustling progress of industry.
Broad bands of color compose this jarring juxtaposition; the dark refuse of the
foreground gives way to the rusty reds of heavy machinery in orange earth
beneath the tranquil greens and blues of the surface. It feels at risk of
falling apart, but Hayley Lever skillfully holds it together, a careful balance
of destruction and creation.
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William S. Schwartz was
impossible to pin down. The Chicago artist's work rejected any single
style or classification. Across abstract, figural, regional, surreal, the
quietly quaint, or the scandalously garish, the only common thread was his
virtuosic use of color. A Working Man is strikingly
framed by negative space. A beam of light crowns the subject, simply
adorned, his face glows in faceted cubist folds. He becomes like stained
glass; blue shimmering eyes set in the generous palette of a warm hearth.
With the weight of his colors, Schwartz helps us recognize a moment of humanity.
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Liz Goodridge
VP, West Coast
Director of American Art
LizG@HA.com
(214) 409-3223
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Julia Matthiesen
American Art Coordinator
& Assistant, New York
JuliamM@HA.com
(214) 409-3051
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Max Condon
Associate Specialist,
Fine & Decorative Arts
MaxC@HA.com
(312) 260-7234
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