Live Auction 2480Post-War Contemporary Evening Sale
Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
Lot 74 Property from a Distinguished West Coast Collection

Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)

Black Emblems

Closed8 November 2011

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USD 542,500

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Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
Black Emblems
signed, titled and dated 'Adolph Gottlieb 1971 "Black Emblems"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
84 x 90 in. (213.4 x 228.6 cm.)
Painted in 1971.

David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Kootz Gallery, New York
William Pall Fine Art, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1989, lot 39
Private collection, Canada
Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above 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).