RICHARD HAMBLETON | UNTITLED (BEAUTIFUL PAINTING SERIES)

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)