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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Peter Shelton: A Thing You Bump Into
CURRENT

Peter Shelton: A Thing You Bump Into

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

Mel Ramos and Tom Wesselmann

July 12 - August 31, 2019
Paul Jenkins: Phenomenal
CURRENT

Paul Jenkins: Phenomenal

July 1 - August 31, 2019
Alexander Calder: Cosmic Abstraction
CURRENT

Alexander Calder: Cosmic Abstraction

June 21 - August 30, 2019
Julian Schnabel
CURRENT

Julian Schnabel

June 4 - July 31, 2019
Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody
ARCHIVE

Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody

February 17 - May 31, 2018
N.C. Wyeth: Paintings and Illustrations
ARCHIVE

N.C. Wyeth: Paintings and Illustrations

February 1 - May 31, 2018
Gregory Sumida: Americana
ARCHIVE

Gregory Sumida: Americana

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

The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill

March 21 - May 30, 2018
Wojciech Fangor
ARCHIVE

Wojciech Fangor

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

Edward S. Curtis

February 3 - March 17, 2018

ARTWORK ON VIEW

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ANISH KAPOOR - Blood Cinema - acrylic and steel - 77 1/4 x 77 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.

ANISH KAPOOR

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

SAM FRANCIS

ANISH KAPOOR - Untitled - alabaster - 40 5/8 x 48 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.

ANISH KAPOOR

ANSELM KIEFER - San Loretto - mixed media on canvas - 74 x 111 in.

ANSELM KIEFER

MEL RAMOS - Carmelina-Homage to Henri - oil on canvas - 67 3/4 x 52 in.

MEL RAMOS

Bathrobes appeared as a visual motif in Jim Dine’s paintings and prints beginning in 1964, when the artist saw a bathrobe advertisement in a newspaper. Early examples of his bathrobe paintings were identified in their titles as “self portraits.” As Dine later explained, “I probably visualized the axe, the log, and the bathrobe as an extension of myself--a self portrait.” <br> <br>Dine’s bathrobe paintings were first shown at Sidney Janis gallery in the fall of 1964 – this is one such example – and are among the most recognizable images to have emerged from his long and illustrious career. Double Silver Point Robes is a large scale mixed media assemblage. The drawing is executed in silverpoint – a technique where a piece of silver is used as a drawing implement over a specially prepared ground. The silver drawing oxidizes over a period of several months, finally settling to a warm brown tone which can be seen in Double Silver Point Robes. The two joined canvases have blocks of wood in place of where the figure’s head should be. The block on the right has a knife protruding from it, and a hanging wood element that moves in respond to air currents.

JIM DINE

DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD - Untitled (Horse) - sticks and paper on wire armature - 100 x 157 x 36 in.

DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD

PETER HALLEY - Eulogy (Commission) - acrylic on canvas - 159 x 72 x 4 in.

PETER HALLEY

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

PAT STEIR - Untitled (After Courbet and Hiroshige) - colored pencil, pencil, gesso and charcoal on paper - 60 x 173 in.

PAT STEIR

MILES DAVIS - Untitled Abstraction - acrylic on canvas - 110 1/4 x 60 1/4 in.

MILES DAVIS

ED RUSCHA - The End - glass hologram set - 11 x 14

ED RUSCHA

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

ANTHONY CARO

Irving Norman was transformed by his experience resisting fascism during the Spanish Civil War, and turned to art as a way to express the atrocities he witnessed. After traveling to Mexico to view the works of artists such as Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco, the muralists’ profound influence on him is evident in the grand scale of his works. But Norman was also known for his attention to detail, and to the human condition, which derived from his study and appreciation of the Social Realists and Surrealists of the day. <br> <br>The Palace (1959) shows a giant structure built upon the mangled bodies of the masses, to house just one corpulent being. From a distance, the palace appears to be a thing of beauty, with its rich colors and tapestries, but Norman’s details show the underlying ugliness. Corpses are impaled on the battlements, and hundreds of identical, emaciated figures are crammed into prisons that make up the foundation of this edifice. Such scenes depicting poverty, capitalism, and the many ways in which society traps the many for the benefit of the few are running themes throughout all of Norman’s works. The messages in his art were also cornerstones by which he lived, eschewing the “commercially viable” artistic trends and even private patronage. He sought widespread, public viewership in the hope that he might inspire some to reconsider their own roles within society’s power structure. This painting has been exhibited at the Crocker Museum, the Pasadena Museum, the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, the Laguna Museum, and the Katzen Center.

IRVING NORMAN

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

KARL BENJAMIN - #5, 1970 - oil on canvas - 56 3/4 x 56 3/4 in.

KARL BENJAMIN

LOUISE BOURGEOIS - Untitled - suite of 8 glass holograms - dimension variable

LOUISE BOURGEOIS

AUGUSTE RODIN - Minotaure, version à la base carrée - bronze with brown and green patina - 24 x 28 1/2 x 27 in.

AUGUSTE RODIN

PETER HALLEY - Collocation - acrylic, metallic acrylic, pearlescent acrylic, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas - 72 1/4 x 72 x 3 3/4 in.

PETER HALLEY

HARRY BERTOIA - Untitled (Suspended Willow) - steel and steel wire - 71 1/2 x 39 in.

HARRY BERTOIA

The Merger - Carte de Triunfo - stainless steel and aluminum - 46 x 40 x 23 1/2 in.

The Merger

ED MOSES - Nambo Panel I & II - acrylic on canvas - 80 x 60 in, 84 x 66 in.

ED MOSES

LOS CARPINTEROS COLLECTIVE - Basket (Diptych) - watercolor - 30 x 81 in.

LOS CARPINTEROS COLLECTIVE

HASSEL SMITH - Untitled - acrylic on canvas - 67 7/8 x 68 in.

HASSEL SMITH

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

HASSEL SMITH

HASSEL SMITH - Homage to the Headhunters - acrylic on canvas - 68 x 68 in.

HASSEL SMITH

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

HASSEL SMITH

BARBARA KRUGER - Picture/Readings - text and photograph - 16 3/8 x 39 in.

BARBARA KRUGER

BARBARA KRUGER - Picture/Readings - text and photograph - 15 1/4 x 39 1/2 in.

BARBARA KRUGER

BARBARA KRUGER - Picture/Readings - text and photograph - 15 1/2 x 39 in.

BARBARA KRUGER

HASSEL SMITH - 9000 and 9 Nights - acrylic and graphite on canvas - 68 x 68 1/8 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

CHRISTIAN ECKART - Zootrope (Sandwers Curve) - lacquer on aluminum - 65 x 55 x 5 in.

CHRISTIAN ECKART

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

HASSEL SMITH

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

JOHN HENRY

BILLY AL BENGSTON - Syltkakor Draculas - acrylic on canvas - 44 x 44 in.

BILLY AL BENGSTON

TONY DE LOS REYES - The Needle - oil on linen - 89 x 119 x 6 in.

TONY DE LOS REYES

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

KAORU MANSOUR - Pistachio, Peony and Chandelier #101 - mixed media on canvas - 72 x 60 in.

KAORU MANSOUR

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE - Phenakistoscope - brass, wood, vinyl records, four plate lithograph prints on white Arches paper with chine collé atla - 23 1/2 x 12 x 12 in.; on stand: 64 x 12 x 12 in.

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE

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

LAWRENCE SCHILLER

MARUYAMA OSHIN - Silk Scroll of Rooster & Chicken - Ink on Color on Silk - 82 x 26 in.

MARUYAMA OSHIN

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

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

LAWRENCE SCHILLER