Live Auction 12153Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)
Lot 155 The Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection: A New York Story

Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)

Blue Flowers

Closed11 May 2016

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USD 185,000

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Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)
Blue Flowers
signed and dated 'Richard Pousette-Dart 58' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas in artist's frame
24 ¾ x 19 5/8 in. (62.9 x 49.8 cm.)
Painted in 1958.

Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1960

Specialist note

‘The insistent and magical character of his recent work evolved naturally from his first early abstractions of the late 1930’s. From then until now he has devoted himself with rare integrity to his aim to express the meaning of life. Today, at the peak of his career, he works with great maturity and assurance producing statements of great ‘radiant’ beauty. They are among the most meaningful and lyrical statements of our time’
(J. Gordon, Richard Pousette-Dart, Montpelier, Vermont 1963, p. 16).