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Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)
Lot 731 Property of a Private West Coast Collector

Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)

Awakening Earth

Closed16 November 2017

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Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)
Awakening Earth
signed and dated 'R Pousette-Dart 62-3' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
44 ¾ x 57 ½ in. (113.6 x 146 cm.)
Painted in 1962-1963.

Estate of the artist, New York
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe. Painting is for me a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcendent, yet solid and real"—Richard Pousette-Dart
(R. Pousette-Dart, quoted by K. Hubner, "Richard Pousette-Dart's Early Work and its Origins" inRichard Pousette-Dart, exh. cat., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 2007, p. 21).