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LYNNE MAPP DREXLER (1928-1999)

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<div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div> <div>Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebrated in the major exhibition "Lynne Drexler: Color Notes" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (May 4, 2024 – January 12, 2025). The canvas is entirely covered in dense layers of short, repetitive brushstrokes rendered in vivid greens, reds, and oranges. These strokes coalesce into an array of circles, rhombuses, and rectangles, forming a “sporadic” yet remarkably harmonious mosaic that activates the entire surface of the painting. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In this work, color takes precedence over form, with Drexler using chromatic intensity to create rhythm and structure. Her technique resonates with Hans Hofmann’s influential “push-pull” theory, in which color relationships generate spatial depth and tension without relying on traditional perspective. At the same time, the gestural vigor and improvisational quality of the brushwork reflect the influence of her teacher Robert Motherwell, who encouraged expressive freedom and emotional immediacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>"Sporadic Spring" captures Drexler’s synthesis of discipline and spontaneity, revealing how she forged a distinct voice within the New York School while anticipating the lyrical abstraction that would define her mature style. </div>
Printemps sporadique196340 x 29 1/2 in.(101,6 x 76,2 x 3,81 cm) huile sur toile
Provenance
Galerie Lupine, Monhegan, Maine
Collection privée, acquise auprès de la personne susmentionnée
Phillips New York, mercredi 15 novembre 2023, lot 106
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 Prix375,000
Sporadic Spring" (1963) de Lynne Mapp Drexler illustre son approche dynamique de la couleur et du geste au cours de sa période vénérée des années 1960, une décennie formatrice qui a récemment été célébrée dans la grande exposition "Lynne Drexler : Color Notes" au Farnsworth Art Museum (4 mai 2024 - 12 janvier 2025). La toile est entièrement recouverte de couches denses de coups de pinceau courts et répétitifs rendus dans des verts, des rouges et des oranges vifs. Ces coups de pinceau se fondent dans un ensemble de cercles, de losanges et de rectangles, formant une mosaïque "sporadique" mais remarquablement harmonieuse qui active toute la surface de la peinture.





Dans cette œuvre, la couleur prime sur la forme, Drexler utilisant l'intensité chromatique pour créer un rythme et une structure. Sa technique fait écho à l'influente théorie "push-pull" de Hans Hofmann, dans laquelle les relations entre les couleurs génèrent une profondeur et une tension spatiales sans s'appuyer sur la perspective traditionnelle. Parallèlement, la vigueur gestuelle et la qualité improvisée du travail au pinceau reflètent l'influence de son professeur Robert Motherwell, qui encourageait la liberté d'expression et l'immédiateté émotionnelle.





"Sporadic Spring" capture la synthèse de la discipline et de la spontanéité de Drexler, révélant comment elle a forgé une voix distincte au sein de l'école de New York tout en anticipant l'abstraction lyrique qui définira son style à l'âge adulte.
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