Live Auction 2598Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session
Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
Lot 249

Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)

Above & Below #2

Closed15 November 2012

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USD 98,500

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Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
Above & Below #2
signed, titled and dated 'Adolph Gottlieb "ABOVE & BELOW #2" 1965' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 30 in. (60.9 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1965.

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Justin V. Smith
His sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 February 1991, lot 150
Private collection, acquired at the above sale
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2004, lot 155
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"The idea that painting is merely an arrangement of lines, colors, and forms is boring. Subjective imagery is the area which I have been exploring....I reject the outer world--the appearance of the natural world....The subconscious has been my guiding factor in all my work. I deal with inner feeling"
-- Adolph Gottlieb
(A. Gottlieb, quoted by R. Landau, "Introduction," Adolph Gottlieb: Important Works, Montreal, 1993, p.3).