Live Auction 12153Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)
Lot 157 The Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection: A New York Story

Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)

Untitled

Closed11 May 2016

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USD 245,000

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Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)
Untitled
oil on canvas
53 7/8 x 71 7/8 in. (136.8 x 182.6 cm.)
Painted circa early 1980s.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, circa early 1980s

Specialist note

“The shapes kept moving
Around and around until they
Could find their way with one another
Hiding and coming forward
Losing and finding
Commanding, receding
Seeking each other
As an asymmetrical dynamic balance”
-Richard Pousette-Dart
-The exact notebook source for this dictation remains unknown
(Anfam, David, Richard Pousette-Dart, and Carter Ratcliff. Pousette-dart: Predominantly White Paintings. Washington, D.C: Phillips Collection, 2010. Print. P 17.)