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PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012)

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PAUL JENKINS - Untitled - watercolor and ink on paper - 29 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

PAUL JENKINS - Untitled - watercolor and ink on paper - 29 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

PAUL JENKINS - Untitled - watercolor and ink on paper - 29 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

PAUL JENKINS - Untitled - watercolor and ink on paper - 29 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

PAUL JENKINS - Untitled - watercolor and ink on paper - 29 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

PAUL JENKINS - Untitled - watercolor and ink on paper - 29 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

Untitled197929 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. watercolor and ink on paper

Provenance

Private Collection, gift from the artist
Private Collection, by descent

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The only known extant Diebenkorn sculpture, this welded iron form is a brilliant example of his artistic development and the creative energy of his early work.
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<br>This rare sculpture comes from a period of experimentation and a burst of lyrical creativity that the artist experienced while in graduate school at the University of New Mexico. It was likely included in his 1951 Master's Degree Exhibition at that institution. Like many American artists before him, Diebenkorn was enthralled with the atmosphere and landscape of the Southwest. He produced energetic and unpredictable canvases with bold, warm colors, barely contained within their underlying geometric structure. This iron sculpture demonstrates the far reaches of the artist’s exploration, establishing the essential linear framework that would come to characterize his later work.
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<br>This piece was the only sculpture included in the 2008 exhibition "Diebenkorn in New Mexico" at the UNM Harwood Museum of Art in Taos. Since his first retrospective in 1976 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, Diebenkorn has found a place in over 50 museum collections worldwide and is recognized as a major creative force of the 20th Century.

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Paul Jenkins is renowned for his technique of controlled paint pouring and use of translucent colors. His paintings drew upon a wide range of philosophies from Gurdjieff to Goethe, Jung to Zen Buddhism, astrology to alchemy. Jenkins remarked of his painting process, “I try to paint like a crapshooter throwing dice, utilizing past experience and my knowledge of the odds. It’s a big gamble, and that’s why I love it.” A combination of chance and control (Jenkins used a dull ivory knife to guide the paint) reveals paintings of dazzling depth and beauty with their sinuous seams and arcs of phenomenal colors.
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<br>Jenkins primed his canvas so that unlike those of other Color Field artists, the paint did not soak in and instead, flowed and pooled – perhaps best exemplified in this large-scale painting with gem-like colors. Whether oil, acrylic, or watercolor, Jenkins displayed a mastery over these media so that both the process and the product are united.

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