Palm Desert

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Our gallery in Palm Desert is centrally located in the Palm Springs area of California, adjacent to the popular shopping and dining area of El Paseo. Our clientele appreciates our selection of Post War, Modern, and Contemporary art. The gorgeous weather during the winter months draws visitors from all over the world to see our beautiful desert, and stop by our gallery. The mountainous desert landscape outside provides the perfect scenic backdrop to the visual feast that awaits inside.

45188 Portola Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260
(760) 346-8926

Hours:
Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm

Exhibitions

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Theophilus Brown and Paul Wonner: Seen Through Different Lenses
CURRENT

Theophilus Brown and Paul Wonner: Seen Through Different Lenses

November 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020
Paul Jenkins and Robert Natkin
CURRENT

Paul Jenkins and Robert Natkin

November 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020
Morris Louis - The Early Paintings
CURRENT

Morris Louis - The Early Paintings

October 11 - November 30, 2019
Paul Jenkins: Phenomenal
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Paul Jenkins: Phenomenal

July 1 - August 31, 2019
Jae Kon Park: Life And Root
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Jae Kon Park: Life And Root

July 24 - August 31, 2019
Material and Abstraction: Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, and Rodney McMillian
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Material and Abstraction: Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, and Rodney McMillian

July 25 - August 31, 2019
Peter Shelton: A Thing You Bump Into
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Peter Shelton: A Thing You Bump Into

July 16 - August 31, 2019
Mel Ramos and Tom Wesselmann
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Mel Ramos and Tom Wesselmann

July 12 - August 31, 2019
The Estate of Paul Wonner and William Theophilus Brown
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The Estate of Paul Wonner and William Theophilus Brown

July 21 - August 31, 2019
Alexander Calder: Cosmic Abstraction
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Alexander Calder: Cosmic Abstraction

June 21 - August 30, 2019
Julian Schnabel
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Julian Schnabel

June 4 - July 31, 2019
Hassel Smith
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Hassel Smith

May 6 - June 30, 2019
Luc Bernard: Unconventional Borders
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Luc Bernard: Unconventional Borders

May 3 - May 31, 2019
Sam Francis: From Dusk to Dawn
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Sam Francis: From Dusk to Dawn

November 15, 2018 - April 29, 2019
Architectural Landscapes
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Architectural Landscapes

December 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019
N.C. Wyeth: Paintings and Illustrations
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N.C. Wyeth: Paintings and Illustrations

February 1 - May 31, 2018
Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody
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Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody

February 17 - May 31, 2018
Sublime Abstraction
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Sublime Abstraction

November 25, 2017 - May 31, 2018
Gregory Sumida: Americana
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Gregory Sumida: Americana

April 5 - May 31, 2018
The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill
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The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill

March 21 - May 30, 2018
Wojciech Fangor
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Wojciech Fangor

November 25, 2017 - March 17, 2018
Edward S. Curtis
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Edward S. Curtis

February 3 - March 17, 2018
Ferrari and Futurists: An Italian Look at Speed
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Ferrari and Futurists: An Italian Look at Speed

November 21, 2016 - January 30, 2017
Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder

November 21, 2015 - May 28, 2016
Max Pellegrini: A Retrospective Exhibition
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Max Pellegrini: A Retrospective Exhibition

November 27, 2015 - March 27, 2016
Masters of California Impressionism
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Masters of California Impressionism

November 22, 2014 - May 23, 2015
Lawrence Schiller: Marilyn Monroe and Great Moments from the 60s
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Lawrence Schiller: Marilyn Monroe and Great Moments from the 60s

November 23, 2012 - January 31, 2013
Painterly Abstraction: Spheres of AbEx
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Painterly Abstraction: Spheres of AbEx

November 25, 2011 - May 31, 2012
Washi Tales: Works by Kyoko Ibe
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Washi Tales: Works by Kyoko Ibe

December 11, 2011 - January 28, 2012
Masters of Impressionism and Modern Art
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Masters of Impressionism and Modern Art

November 20, 2010 - September 25, 2011
Picasso
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Picasso

November 20, 2009 - May 25, 2010
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ARTWORK ON VIEW

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Blood Cinema is an elegant and interactive masterwork of steel and acrylic by Anish Kapoor. The artist’s most notable works are grand-scale public installations that explore perception, captivating and challenging viewers worldwide with iconic public installations such as Chicago’s Cloud Gate (2006) and in his well-known glass and mirror pieces. Resting on the floor like an oversized lens, Blood Cinema warps the viewer’s perspective and distorts its environment through ethereal shades of red, epitomizing Kapoor's capacity for viewer immersion.

ANISH KAPOOR

SAM FRANCIS - A Whirling Square - acrylic on canvas - 222 x 210 in.

SAM FRANCIS

San Loretto (2008) references a story from the Catholic faith, in which the house of the Holy Family was miraculously transported out of Nazareth for protection during the Crusades. The story appeals to Anselm Kiefer's distinctive visual themes of ruin and renewal, depicting the great effort of carrying the structure to Italy while speaking to the destruction of the Crusades. The buildup of fragments and rubble on San Loretto coalesces into an image of a bird, which combined with the title and its layers of meaning, suggests the figure of a dove and even the Holy Spirit.

ANSELM KIEFER

IRVING NORMAN - The Human Condition - oil on canvas - 120 x 182 in.

IRVING NORMAN

ANDY WARHOL - Portrait of Dorothy Blau - acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas - 40 x 40 in

ANDY WARHOL

GARY HUME - Seabird - gloss paint on aluminum in four panels - 87 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ea.

GARY HUME

Deborah Butterfield is an American sculptor, best known for her sculptures of horses made of objects ranging from wood, metal, and other found objects. The 1981 piece, Untitled (Horse), is comprised of sticks and paper on wire armature. The impressive scale of this piece creates a remarkable effect in person, presenting a striking example of Butterfield's celebrated subject matter. Butterfield originally created the horses from wood and other materials found on her property in Bozeman, Montana and saw the horses as a metaphorical self-portrait, mining the emotional resonance of these forms.

DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD

ANSELM KIEFER - Jericho - emulsion, acrylic, sand, clay and photographic paper on cardboard - 25 x 17 1/2 x 2.25 in.

ANSELM KIEFER

Brightly colored geometric paintings by Peter Halley address the rigid organization of social space through visual representations of cells and conduits. Eulogy (Commission), a 2004 piece at a grand scale, presents the neon-colored forms that characterize his work. The piece incorporates Roll-a-Tex, a material most often used as cheap surfacing for suburban homes or motels, a comment on the commoditization of domestic life.

PETER HALLEY

IRVING NORMAN - To Have and Have Not, Charity Gala - oil on canvas - 92 x 104 in.

IRVING NORMAN

Peaks of St. Gervais is one of the artist’s classic landscapes, with his distinctive swift brushstroke and charming town and structures — half of which he rendered in the shade — dwarfed by the snow-capped mountain. In most of his paintings, Payne used structures and figures not as subject, but to communicate the dramatic scale of mountain landscape. Drawn to the mountains of Europe, Payne trekked and painted the Swiss Alps, the colorful harbors of Brittany and France, and the sailing vessels in Italy.

EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE

ROLAND PETERSEN - Picnic in Yellow - oil on canvas - 70 x 60 in.

ROLAND PETERSEN

HERB ALPERT - Arrowhead - bronze - 201 x 48 x 48 in.

HERB ALPERT

HERB ALPERT - Charity - bronze - 150 in.

HERB ALPERT

HERB ALPERT - Freedom - bronze - 201 x 48 x 48 in.

HERB ALPERT

HERB ALPERT - Gratitude - bronze - 206 in.

HERB ALPERT

HERB ALPERT - Hope - bronze - 212 x 48 x 48 in.

HERB ALPERT

IRVING NORMAN - The Academy - oil on canvas - 110 x 90 in.

IRVING NORMAN

ROLAND PETERSEN - Girl with Trees - oil on canvas - 71 x 59 1/2 in.

ROLAND PETERSEN

ANTHONY CARO - Figure in a Tub - bronze - 42 x 30 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.

ANTHONY CARO

IRVING NORMAN - M.F.I. Complex - oil on canvas - 100 x 76 in.

IRVING NORMAN

IRVING NORMAN - To the Unknown - oil on canvas - 96 x 72 in.

IRVING NORMAN

GERT AND UWE TOBIAS - Untitled (GUT/2053) - colored woodcut on canvas - 78 3/4 x 118 1/4 in.

GERT AND UWE TOBIAS

HERB ALPERT - Illumination - bronze - 159 x 40 x 40 in.

HERB ALPERT

HERB ALPERT - Radiance - bronze - 161 x 40 x 40 in.

HERB ALPERT

HERB ALPERT - Warrior - bronze - 156 x 40 x 40 in.

HERB ALPERT

Untitled (Hologram Suite) by Louise Bourgeois contains eight individual glass holograms initially created by the artist in 1998 and fully realized in 2014. The imagery includes lovers, chairs, a bell jar, and enclosures. These elements reoccur in many of the artist's installations and are related to her interest in physical and emotional isolation and sexuality. The images recorded within these holograms were created from original Bourgeois sculptures. Encoded on glass and activated by light, the images appear only when illuminated at a particular angle, and they come to life with a red glow.

LOUISE BOURGEOIS

Spring, an unusually large-scale oil painting by William Wendt, depicts a huge expanse of blue, almost cloudless California sky over a wide, flat plain of verdant grass. The only other adornments to this landscape are stands of tall, thin trees that, in the forefront, seem to tower over the far distant snow-capped mountaintop. Wendt’s Impressionist style is evident in the detailed brushwork that makes up the sky. Using short dashes of blue upon blue, Wendt builds the varying color from dark at the top to lighter blue as it nears the mountain on the horizon. Looking closely, the sky almost appears to be a mosaic, but from further back, the colors and strokes blend seamlessly to create its soft, pastel look.

WILLIAM WENDT

IRVING NORMAN - War Wounded - oil on canvas - 70 x 60 in.

IRVING NORMAN

JOSEPH KLEITSCH - Mission Cloisters, San Juan Capistrano - oil on canvas - 22 1/8 x 27 in.

JOSEPH KLEITSCH

IRVING NORMAN - Draftee - oil on canvas - 100 x 38 in.

IRVING NORMAN

RODNEY MCMILLIAN - Flag - mixed media - 97 1/2 x 102 in.

RODNEY MCMILLIAN

This is the Portrait of Hedda Nova, painted by Joseph Kleitsch. The film industry provided plenty of commissions for Kleitsch, as he was contracted with the prominent LA dealer Earl Stendahl as an in-house portraitist at the time. Hedda was born Hedda Puscewski in Soviet Russia, what is now Ukraine. She became a silent film star, though she never transitioned into talking films due to her thick Russian accent. During the height of her acting career, she was still working hard on learning to speak English. She was married to American actor and director Paul Hurst from 1919 to 1953 when, sadly, he committed suicide after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. This portrait depicts Hedda in a lovely black and gold gown with gossamer sleeves. As a silent film actress, trained to emote without words, it is easy to imagine that her expressive eyes and dramatic hand at her chest are telling the viewer a story.

JOSEPH KLEITSCH

Pat Steir is a celebrated American painter and printmaker, best known for her Waterfall paintings of dripped, splashed, and poured paint. This large work on paper completed in 1985 is characterized by her usual sense of spontaneity and unpredictability, embracing nature as an active force in art. Recalling the explosive power of waves, the work on paper references the art historical tradition of 19th century artists Ando Hiroshige and Gustave Courbet, re-imagining their previous depictions of the irrepressible sea. This drawing was featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s 1985 exhibition, New Works on Paper 3. Steir’s large wave drawings comprise a distinct body of work from the mid 1980s, after which she began to experiment with the poured canvases that became waterfall paintings.

PAT STEIR

GENE DAVIS - Licorice Stick - acrylic on canvas - 80 3/4 x 32 3/4 in.

GENE DAVIS

IRVING NORMAN - Totem of a Holy Family - oil on canvas - 90 x 19 3/4 in.

IRVING NORMAN

GEORGE GARDNER SYMONS - White River Bank - oil on canvas - 25 1/4 x 30 in.

GEORGE GARDNER SYMONS

JOANNA POUSETTE-DART - Red Desert #9 - acrylic on canvas over wood panels - 81 x 117 1/4 in

JOANNA POUSETTE-DART

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 68 x 67 3/4 in.

HASSEL SMITH

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 68 1/4 x 68 in.

HASSEL SMITH

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 68 x 68 in.

HASSEL SMITH

ROBERT NATKIN - Amethyst - oil on canvas - 71 x 100 1/8 in.

ROBERT NATKIN

ROBERT NATKIN - Young Acrobat - acrylic on canvas - 47 1/2 x 113 in.

ROBERT NATKIN

THEASTER GATES - Untitled (flooring) - white cement, debris, flooring - 35 x 35 x 3 in.

THEASTER GATES

EVAN PENNY - No One In Particular (Old) - silicone, pigment, hair on aluminum - 40 x 32 x 7 1/2 in.

EVAN PENNY

In this portrait by Joseph Kleitsch, the sitter is unknown, the painting titled only Woman in Pink. She is wearing a pink dress with white lace sleeves trailing down and into in her lap. She is holding a bit of the lace in her hands, almost absent-mindedly as she tilts her head toward the painter and gives him a small, amused smile. Her hair is swept into a modest updo, and the pink flushing her cheeks echoes the pink of her dress. Kleitsch’s technique in rendering the lace is fascinating, as he seems to have only fully painted the pattern of the lace and the rest is made up of a few light and minimal strokes of the brush, lending it a sheer quality.

JOSEPH KLEITSCH

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 68 1/8 x 48 in.

HASSEL SMITH

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 68 x 48 in.

HASSEL SMITH

WILLIAM THEOPHILUS BROWN - Horse with Swimmers at Beach - acrylic on canvas - 36 x 48 in.

WILLIAM THEOPHILUS BROWN

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 68 x 48 in.

HASSEL SMITH

This well preserved bell is one of the largest known bronzes from the Southeast Asian Bronze Age, generally named after the Dongson site in North Vietnam. The swirling band design is finely and crisply cast. Dongson bronze drums were also reported in South China, Thailand, Laos, West Malaysia, and Indonesia and as Far East as Western Iranian Java. <br> <br>The Dong Son culture is a Bronze age culture including all of southeast Asia and into the Indo-Malaya Archipelago from about 1000 to 1 BC. Centered on the Red River Valley of Vietnam, the Dong Son were sophisticated agriculturalists, raising rice and buffalo. Dong Son probably arose from local Neolithic cultures, such as Phung Nguyen and Dong Dau phases. Dong Son is identified with the Van Lang ruling dynasty, the first ruling dynasty of Vietnam. By the second century BC, impacts from the Han Dynasty in China were being felt and according to historic records, the Dong Son were absorbed into the Han Dynasty territory.

THAI

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 84 x 108 1/4 in.

HASSEL SMITH

PAUL WONNER - Fruit and Kitchen Towels on Two Tables - acrylic and ink on paper - 38 1/4 x 26 3/4 in.

PAUL WONNER

PAUL JENKINS - Phenomena Lucifer Edge - oil on canvas - 45 x 34 3/4 in

PAUL JENKINS

JOHN HENRY - Chief II - machined aluminum, gilded 23.5k rose gold - 39 x 35 x 16 in.

JOHN HENRY

WILLIAM THEOPHILUS BROWN - Landscape with Rocks - acrylic on canvas - 48 x 48 in.

WILLIAM THEOPHILUS BROWN

PAUL LAURITZ - Tree Shadowed Road - oil on canvas - 40 1/8 x 50 1/4 in.

PAUL LAURITZ

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Mujer Hincada - Black Onyx - 15 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 9 in

FELIPE CASTANEDA

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Mujer Desnuda - marble - 18 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 11 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Pensando - Marble - 11 1/2 x 7 x 7 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Mujer con Guitarra - marble - 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

META GEHRING CRESSEY - Segovia Girl in Fiesta Costume, La Montera - oil on canvas - 24 x 20 in.

META GEHRING CRESSEY

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Provinciana - white carrera marble - 20 7/8 x 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

ROBERT GRAHAM - Sasha - bronze - 58 1/2 x 18 x 18 in.

ROBERT GRAHAM

JAE KON PARK - Untitled - oil on canvas - 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 1 in.

JAE KON PARK

JAE KON PARK - Untitled - oil on canvas - 38 x 51 in.

JAE KON PARK

PAUL JENKINS - Phenomena Violet Scent - oil on canvas - 14 x 18 in.

PAUL JENKINS

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER - Chair - oak, cow hide, formica, steel - 39 x 40 x 52 in.

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER - Chair - oak, cow hide, formica, steel - 39 x 40 x 52 in.

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Mujer en Reposo - bronze - 14 x 9 x 15 3/4 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Mujer Peinandose - Bronze - 16 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

MATTEO SANDONA - Gertrude and Boots - oil on canvas - 56 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.

MATTEO SANDONA

HELENA ADELE DUNLAP - The Fruit Server - oil on canvas - 40 x 36 in.

HELENA ADELE DUNLAP

JOHN HUBBARD RICH - Portrait of Tyrone Power's Sister - oil on canvas on panel - 12 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.

JOHN HUBBARD RICH

LAWRENCE SCHILLER - Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Jo Anne Pflug - Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph - 11 x 14 in.

LAWRENCE SCHILLER

HENRY RICHTER - Seascape - oil on canvas - 29 x 39 in.

HENRY RICHTER

JOHN CHRISTOPHER SMITH - Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey - oil on canvas - 26 x 34 in.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER SMITH

MAX WIECZOREK - Girl in Mantilla - charcoal and pastel on board - 25 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.

MAX WIECZOREK

TSENG KWONG CHI - London, England - silver gelatin print - 16 x 20 in.

TSENG KWONG CHI

TSENG KWONG CHI - Monument Valley, Arizona - silver gelatin print - 16 x 20 in.

TSENG KWONG CHI

LAWRENCE SCHILLER - Oswald's Gun, Dallas Polic Station, Dallas Texas, November 23, 1963 - silver gelatin print - 16 x 20 in.

LAWRENCE SCHILLER

THAI - Rain Drum - bronze - 18 x 24 in.

THAI

EDWARD STEICHEN - Colette - silver gelatin print - 13 x 10 1/4 in.

EDWARD STEICHEN

DAVID MACH - Matchead - matchstick - 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

DAVID MACH

DAVID MACH - (small white and lavender) - matchstick - 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.

DAVID MACH

LAWRENCE SCHILLER - Mitchum playing a preacher in "Five Card Stud" - Silver Gelatin Photograph - 16 x 20 in.

LAWRENCE SCHILLER

JAE KON PARK - The Mystery Series - ink on paper - 13 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.

JAE KON PARK

JAE KON PARK - America Series - ink on paper - 13 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.

JAE KON PARK

JAE KON PARK - Untitled - ink on paper - 10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

JAE KON PARK

JAE KON PARK - The Incan Sun - ink on paper - 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

JAE KON PARK

ROBERT NATKIN - Untitled - lithograph on paper - 30 x 39 in.

ROBERT NATKIN

ROBERT NATKIN - Untitled - lithograph on paper - 29 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.

ROBERT NATKIN

JAE KON PARK - Untitled - oil on canvas - 35 x 33 7/8 in.

JAE KON PARK

PAUL JENKINS - Phenomena Coriolis Wedge - oil on canvas - 66 x 77 in.

PAUL JENKINS

PAUL JENKINS - Phenomena Zodiac Violet - watercolor on paper - 40 x 29 in.

PAUL JENKINS

PAUL JENKINS - Phenomena Yoshihara Sound - watercolor on paper - 30 x 40 1/2 in.

PAUL JENKINS