RICHARD HAMBLETON | UNTITLED (BEAUTIFUL PAINTING SERIES)

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March 7, 06:42 PM GMT

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30,000 - 50,000 USD

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RICHARD HAMBLETON

1952 - 2017

UNTITLED (BEAUTIFUL PAINTING SERIES)


acrylic and tinted varnish on metal shelf

11¾ by 29½ in. (29.8 by 74.9 cm.)

Executed circa 2002-06.

Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist circa 2003)

In his “Beautiful Paintings” series, Richard Hambleton often incorporated found materials into his work, as is the case here with a discarded shelf, on which he rendered a river scene. According to Hambleton, “The Beautiful Paintings are not seascapes, rainscapes, or landscapes – they are escapes.” (as quoted by Woodward Gallery, Shadow Man Comes Into the Light, 2016, pp. 1)