Oil Painting In Style of Ralston Crawford
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This lot consists of a hand painted Oil on Board rendered in style of the American artist Ralston Crawford (1906-1978)
Ralston Crawford is best known for his Precisionist abstract paintings suggestive of urban landscapes and industrial spaces. Influenced by Charles Sheeler and Charles Demuth, Crawford painted industrial architecture, meandering lines, and fractured forms evoking either machine or the body, all in colourful compositions. In 1946, he was famously commissioned by Fortune magazine to document the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in a series of abstract, angular paintings. Crawford was also an accomplished printmaker and urban documentary photographer.
DIMENSIONS:
Unframed 9.8"x7.8" (25x20cm)
Framed 11.4"x9.4" (29x24cm)
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection
Ralston Crawford is best known for his Precisionist abstract paintings suggestive of urban landscapes and industrial spaces. Influenced by Charles Sheeler and Charles Demuth, Crawford painted industrial architecture, meandering lines, and fractured forms evoking either machine or the body, all in colourful compositions. In 1946, he was famously commissioned by Fortune magazine to document the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in a series of abstract, angular paintings. Crawford was also an accomplished printmaker and urban documentary photographer.
DIMENSIONS:
Unframed 9.8"x7.8" (25x20cm)
Framed 11.4"x9.4" (29x24cm)
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection
Condition
Overall excellent condition considering the age of the artwork. No tears, paint loss, or serious aesthetic damage. The Lot does not carry established documented provenance, described in the catalogue as "in the style of" of the artist, work by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist.
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Oil Painting In Style of Ralston Crawford
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