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הת'ר ג'יימס, המספקת את הקהילה הייחודית שהופכת את ג'קסון הול ליעד שאין שני לו לתרבות האמריקאית ולחיק הטבע, שואפת לספק מבחר שאין דומה לו של יצירות אמנות ושירותי כפפות לבנות למקומיים ולמבקרים כאחד.

172 סנטר סטריט, סוויטה 101
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שעות פעילות: בתיאום מראש בלבד עד 1 ביולי 2025

תערוכות

מורשת הארץ: ג

ארכיון

מורשת הארץ: ג'ורג'יה אוקיף ואמילי קאמה קנגוואראיי

10 ביולי 2024 - 31 בינואר 2025

אנדי וורהול: הכל יפה

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אנדי וורהול: הכל יפה

17 באוגוסט 2023 - 31 באוגוסט 2024

קלוד מונה: גאון אימפרסיוניסטי

ארכיון

קלוד מונה: גאון אימפרסיוניסטי

18 באוגוסט - 31 באוקטובר 2022

אימפרסיוניזם בהת

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אימפרסיוניזם בהת'ר ג'יימס פיין ארט

1 בספטמבר - 31 באוקטובר 2022

מארק שאגאל: צבע האהבה

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מארק שאגאל: צבע האהבה

8 בספטמבר - 12 באוקטובר 2022

פיקאסו - הדפסים ועבודות על נייר

ארכיון

פיקאסו - הדפסים ועבודות על נייר

1 בספטמבר - 12 באוקטובר 2022

כל מה שראינו: נופים אימפרסיוניסטיים ממונה ועד קליטש

ארכיון

כל מה שראינו: נופים אימפרסיוניסטיים ממונה ועד קליטש

9 באוגוסט 2021 - 30 בספטמבר 2022

ציוריו של סר וינסטון צ

ארכיון

ציוריו של סר וינסטון צ'רצ'יל

1 באוגוסט - 16 בספטמבר 2018

נורמן רוקוול: האמן בעבודה

ארכיון

נורמן רוקוול: האמן בעבודה

30 ביוני - 30 בספטמבר 2016

גרפיקה בתצוגה

אירווינג נורמן - איך זה - שמן על בד - 90X60 אינץ'

אירווינג נורמן

Irving Norman was born in 1906 in Vilna, then part of the Russian Empire, now Lithuania. Norman's immigration to New York City in 1923 was short-lived, as he would return to Europe to fight as part of the Abraham Lincoln battalion against the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. After the War, Norman would eventually settle in Half Moon Bay, California, where he embarked on a prolific studio practice. <br><br>Norman's work portrays the horrors of war and his firsthand knowledge of totalitarian dictatorships. Norman's work has been described as "Social Surrealism," and his grand scenes are immediate and arresting. The large-scale works of Norman truly capture the power of his lived experiences; they are as much a visual record as they are a warning for the future, intended to inspire change.

אירווינג נורמן

אירווינג נורמן - תמונות - שמן על בד - 40X90 אינץ'

אירווינג נורמן

Irving Norman was born in 1906 in Vilna, then part of the Russian Empire, now Lithuania. Norman's immigration to New York City in 1923 was short-lived, as he would return to Europe to fight as part of the Abraham Lincoln battalion against the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. After the War, Norman would eventually settle in Half Moon Bay, California, where he embarked on a prolific studio practice. <br><br>Norman's work portrays the horrors of war and his firsthand knowledge of totalitarian dictatorships. Norman's work has been described as "Social Surrealism," and his grand scenes are immediate and arresting. The large-scale works of Norman truly capture the power of his lived experiences; they are as much a visual record as they are a warning for the future, intended to inspire change.

אירווינג נורמן

נתן אוליברה מזוהה לעתים קרובות עם הציירים הפיגורטיביים של אזור המפרץ של קליפורניה, אך במציאות, עבודתו חושפת את התעניינותו בוילם דה קונינג, אלברטו ג'קומטי ופרנסיס בייקון. השפעות אלה הן מאפיינים בולטים של דריכה בעירום מהשטיח. הוא צויר כשאוליברה היה בשנות ה-30 המוקדמות לחייו, והוא בדיוק מסוג הציורים שביססו את המוניטין המוקדם שלו כרודף תיאורים של דמויות בודדות שצוירו בסגנון אלתור. עבודתה המאוחרת של אוליביירה משקפת את הערתו רבת ההשפעה של דה קונינג בנוגע לאתגר שבציור זיכרונות חזותיים וביצירת פיגורציות בעלות נוכחות רופפת, אך קו האופק החזק המקרקע נוף זה מעניק לדמות נוכחות גשמית יותר מהרגיל.

נתן אוליביירה

דמויותיו הבודדות של נתן אוליביירה משדרות תחושה של אי-נוחות קיומית המזכירה את סגנונו של ג'קומטי, אך הן גם בעלות איכות שמימית ונוכחות נשגבת. דמויות אלה מגלמות ביטויים על-זמניים, אוניברסליים, של תודעה המתעלה מעל עצמה, התואמת יותר את ההיבטים הבלתי מוחשיים של המטאפיזיקה. לדמות עם עיניים כחולות יש איכות רודפת. כאילו הושטת יד אל העבר, אם נניח שהמשיכות האנכיות החותכות של הלבן מהסנטר כלפי מטה הן מטאפורה ציורית לתשוקה מהמאה השמונה-עשרה, היא מהדהדת את הכבוד העמוק של אוליביירה ואת מעורבותה במורשתו של גויה. דמות עם עיניים כחולות יכולה להיות הומאז' ישיר. אוליביירה ביסס את יצירותיו הסדרתיות הראשונות על התחריט של גויה משנת 1818 La Tauromaquia 21 והשתתף באירועים רבים שדנו בהשפעה ובמשמעות של יצירתו של גויה.

נתן אוליביירה

אירווינג נורמן - אדם וזמן - שמן על בד - 58X30 אינץ'

אירווינג נורמן

נתן אוליביירה - ללא כותרת - שמן על בד - 84 X 63 אינץ'.

נתן אוליביירה

NATHAN OLIVEIRA - מצבות מס ' 5 - שמן על בד - 66 x 54 1/8 אינץ '.

נתן אוליביירה

גרגורי סומידה - ברוק'ס בנד - אקוורל - 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 אינץ'

גרגורי סומידה

יועצים

אנדראה-אינטרנט-פוסט

אנדראה ריקו דאלין

סגן נשיא בכיר
ג'קסון הול, ויומינג

[email protected]

c: 913 306 4982

o: 307 200 6090

עם למעלה מ -20 שנה בתעשייה, אנדראה מחזיקה בתואר ראשון בתולדות האמנות עם קטין באמנות יפה מאוניברסיטת בינגהמטון, בינגהמטון, ניו יורק, ותואר שני באמנות מודרנית, אנינות טעם והיסטוריה של שוק האמנות מכריסטי'ס חינוך, ניו יורק, ניו יורק. היא מביאה מומחיות מניסיונה הן במוזיאונים והן בבתי מכירות פומביות, לאחר שעבדה במוזיאון נלסון-אטקינס לאמנות בקנזס סיטי ובכריסטי'ס בניו יורק.

מאז שהצטרפה להת'ר ג'יימס פיין ארט ב-2015, אנדריאה השיגה משלוחים ועזרה לבנות אוספים פרטיים ומוזיאונים בולטים עם אמנים חשובים, הכוללים את קלוד מונה, אלפרד סיסלי, אנרי מאטיס, אדגר דגה, נורמן רוקוול, אנדרו וייט, איליין דה קונינג, אנדי וורהול וטום וסלמן.

שרה 2025

שרה פישל

יו"ר משותף, יועץ
ג'קסון הול, ויומינג

[email protected]

ג: 847 309 6978

o: 307 200 6090

לשרה יש תשוקה עמוקה לאמנות ולהיסטוריה כאחד, לאחר שגדלה מוקפת באמנות. היא דחפה את האהבה המוקדמת הזו ליותר מעשור של ניסיון בעולם האמנות, וניווטה בין גלריות, בתי מכירות פומביות ומוזיאונים.

כמאמינה גדולה בלמידה ובחוויה של כל היבט של העסק, שרה עבדה ברחבי עולם האמנות בתפקידים שונים, והביאה גישה הוליסטית לייעוץ ולעבודתה. מאז 2015, שרה הייתה שחקנית מפתח בהת'ר ג'יימס פיין ארט, שם סיפקה שירות לקוחות מהשורה הראשונה, ניהלה את גלריית ג'קסון הול, אצרה תערוכות גלריה ובתי אספנים, והובילה יוזמות קידום מכירות אסטרטגיות.

שרה סיימה תארים בעיתונאות ובתולדות האמנות באוניברסיטת ניו יורק, והמשיכה את הבסיס האקדמי שלה עם תואר שני בתוכנית כריסטי'ס לאמנות, משפטים ועסקים בלונדון. מעבר לעיסוקיה המקצועיים והחינוכיים, שרה מעורבת באופן פעיל במטרות הקרובות אליה, כולל ג'קסון הול אמנות ציבורית כחברת הנהלה ומוזיאון השואה של ארצות הברית.

כיו"ר משותף, שרה מביאה את ניסיונה האישי ואת הידע שלה באמנות ובאיסוף לכל אינטראקציה, ותמיד מחפשת את הפתרון הטוב ביותר לצרכי לקוחותיה.

בחדשות

שירותים

הת'ר ג'יימס פיין ארט מספקת מגוון רחב של שירותים מבוססי לקוח המתאימים לצרכי איסוף האמנות הספציפיים שלך. צוות התפעול שלנו כולל מטפלים מקצועיים באמנות, מחלקת רשם מלאה וצוות לוגיסטי בעל ניסיון רב בהובלת אמנות, התקנה וניהול אוספים. עם שירות כפפות לבנות וטיפול מותאם אישית, הצוות שלנו עובר את הקילומטר הנוסף כדי להבטיח שירותי אמנות יוצאי דופן עבור לקוחותינו.

תכנון נדל"ן ומס

ניהול אוספים

משיכת השקעות

ניהול לוגיסטיקה

שמאות הערכה

פיננסיים

משאבים נוספים

הכירו אותנו

גרפיקה מוצגת

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Clyfford Still occupies a monumental position in the history of modern art, often heralded as the earliest pure abstract painter to work on an expansive scale. By the early 1940s, Still had already arrived at a radically abstract visual language that transcended the aesthetic frameworks of his peers, rejecting representational imagery and producing canvases that were immense in size and conceptual ambition. Pollock famously confessed that “Still makes the rest of us look academic,” and Rothko once kept a Still painting in his bedroom as a guiding inspiration. His work was, as critic Clement Greenberg remarked, “estranging and upsetting” in its genuine originality, a raw and elemental confrontation of form and color that defied conventional expectations.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>For viewers familiar with Still’s oeuvre, his paintings typically evoke a powerful physicality: vast canvases covered in richly textured layers of pigment—earthy blacks, ochres, siennas, and cadmiums—applied with a trowel-like rigor that recalls weathered geological formations. These thickly encrusted surfaces often alternate with more thinly painted passages, all juxtaposed against large swaths of bare canvas that lend his compositions a sense of immense scale and open-ended possibility. This aesthetic, rooted in the grandeur of raw and elemental presence, often manifests as jagged, opaque forms whose stark contrasts convey a primal energy.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>“PH-589”,</em> on the other hand, marks a transition in Still’s career, where his already profound engagement with abstraction began to evolve toward greater spareness and a deeper exploration of the expressive potential of voids and open space. Painted in 1959, the expected density of his earlier surfaces gives way to a lighter touch and a more restrained use of paint. Against largely unpainted ground, two jagged shapes of continental significance hang suspended, their edges torn and irregular, as if wrested from the canvas itself. The bare canvas, which had served as a compositional counterpoint in Still’s earlier works, now asserts itself as a dominant feature, heightening the power of the painted forms while introducing an ethereal sense of light and space.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>This shift was both aesthetic and philosophical. By the late 1950s, Still had grown increasingly disenchanted with the art world, distancing himself from its commercial and critical structures<em>. “PH-589”</em> is an anticipatory event before his move to rural Maryland in 1961 that coincided with a period of introspection and formal refinement when Still began to strip his compositions down to their essential elements. As Still explained, he sought to fuse color, texture, and form into “a living spirit,” transcending their materiality to evoke the human capacity for transcendence.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><br><br>This painting signals the burgeoning openness of Still’s later works, where the interplay of painted forms and unpainted ground would become a defining characteristic. By the 1960s and 1970s, Still’s palette grew lighter, his gestures sparser, and his use of emptiness more deliberate, creating compositions that were at once monumental and ephemeral. Yet the seeds of that evolution are already present here in the restrained yet powerful interplay of color and space. His revolutionary approach to abstraction—both in scale and in spirit—provided a foundation upon which the Abstract Expressionists built their legacy. At the same time, his work resists easy interpretation, demanding instead an unmediated confrontation with its raw, elemental presence. With its terse eloquence and rhythmic vitality, this painting is both a culmination of Still’s early achievements and a momentous portent of his later innovations.</font></div>

קליטפורד עדיין

<br>In Diego Rivera’s portrait of Enriqueta Dávila, the artist asserts a Mexicanidad, a quality of Mexican-ness, in the work along with his strong feelings towards the sitter. Moreover, this painting is unique amongst his portraiture in its use of symbolism, giving us a strong if opaque picture of the relationship between artist and sitter.<br><br>Enriqueta, a descendent of the prominent Goldbaum family, was married to the theater entrepreneur, José María Dávila. The two were close friends with Rivera, and the artist initially requested to paint Enriqueta’s portrait. Enriqueta found the request unconventional and relented on the condition that Rivera paints her daughter, Enriqueta “Quetita”. Rivera captures the spirit of the mother through the use of duality in different sections of the painting, from the floorboards to her hands, and even the flowers. Why the split in the horizon of the floorboard? Why the prominent cross while Enriqueta’s family is Jewish? Even her pose is interesting, showcasing a woman in control of her own power, highlighted by her hand on her hip which Rivera referred to as a claw, further complicating our understanding of her stature.<br><br>This use of flowers, along with her “rebozo” or shawl, asserts a Mexican identity. Rivera was adept at including and centering flowers in his works which became a kind of signature device. The flowers show bromeliads and roselles; the former is epiphytic and the latter known as flor de jamaica and often used in hibiscus tea and aguas frescas. There is a tension then between these two flowers, emphasizing the complicated relationship between Enriqueta and Rivera. On the one hand, Rivera demonstrates both his and the sitter’s Mexican identity despite the foreign root of Enriqueta’s family but there may be more pointed meaning revealing Rivera’s feelings to the subject. The flowers, as they often do in still life paintings, may also refer to the fleeting nature of life and beauty. The portrait for her daughter shares some similarities from the use of shawl and flowers, but through simple changes in gestures and type and placement of flowers, Rivera illuminates a stronger personality in Enriqueta and a more dynamic relationship as filtered through his lens.<br><br>A closer examination of even her clothing reveals profound meaning. Instead of a dress more in line for a socialite, Rivera has Enriqueta in a regional dress from Jalisco, emphasizing both of their Mexican identities. On the other hand, her coral jewelry, repeated in the color of her shoes, hints at multiple meanings from foreignness and exoticism to protection and vitality. From Ancient Egypt to Classical Rome to today, coral has been used for jewelry and to have been believed to have properties both real and symbolic. Coral jewelry is seen in Renaissance paintings indicating the vitality and purity of woman or as a protective amulet for infants. It is also used as a reminder, when paired with the infant Jesus, of his future sacrifice. Diego’s use of coral recalls these Renaissance portraits, supported by the plain background of the painting and the ribbon indicating the maker and date similar to Old Master works.<br><br>When combined in the portrait of Enriqueta, we get a layered and tense building of symbolism. Rivera both emphasizes her Mexican identity but also her foreign roots. He symbolizes her beauty and vitality but look closely at half of her face and it is as if Rivera has painted his own features onto hers. The richness of symbolism hints at the complex relationship between artist and sitter.

דייגו ריברה

וילם דה KOONING - אישה בסירת משוטים - שמן על נייר הניח על הבונים החופשיים - 47 1/2 x 36 1/4 ב.

וילם דה קונינג

איי ווייווי

Between Île-de-France and Burgundy and on the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest lies the medieval village of Moret-sur-Loing, established in the 12th century. When Alfred Sisley described its character to Monet in a letter dated 31 August 1881 as “a chocolate-box landscape…” he meant it as a memento of enticement; that its keep, the ramparts, the church, the fortified gates, and the ornate facades nestled along the river were, for a painter, a setting of unmatched charm. An ancient church, always the most striking townscape feature along the Seine Valley, would be a presence in Sisley’s townscape views as it was for Corot, and for Monet at Vétheuil. But unlike Monet whose thirty views of Rouen Cathedral were executed so he could trace the play of light and shadow across the cathedral façade and capture the ephemeral nature of moment-to-moment changes of light and atmosphere, Sisley set out to affirm the permanent nature of the church of Notre-Dame at Moret-sur-Loing. Monet’s sole concern was air and light, and Sisley’s appears to be an homage keepsake. The painting exudes respect for the original architects and builders of a structure so impregnable and resolute, it stood then as it did in those medieval times, and which for us, stands today, as it will, for time immemorial.<br><br>Nevertheless, Sisley strived to show the changing appearance of the motif through a series of atmospheric changes. He gave the works titles such as “In Sunshine”, “Under Frost”, and “In Rain” and exhibited them as a group at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in 1894, factors that suggest he thought of them as serial interpretations. Nevertheless, unlike Monet’s work, l’église de Moret, le Soir reveals that Sisley chose to display the motif within a spatial context that accentuates its compositional attributes — the plunging perspective of the narrow street at left, the strong diagonal recession of the building lines as a counterbalance to the right, and the imposing weight of the stony building above the line of sight.

אלפרד סיסלי

בתחילת שנות ה-70 של המאה ה-19 צייר וינסלו הומר לעתים קרובות סצנות של חיים כפריים ליד כפר חקלאי קטן שנודע במשך דורות בזכות דוכני החיטה המרשימים שלו, הממוקם בין נהר ההדסון לקטסקיל במדינת ניו יורק. כיום הארלי מפורסם הרבה יותר כהשראה לאחת מיצירותיו הגדולות ביותר של הומרוס, Snap the Whip שצויר בקיץ 1872. בין הציורים הרבים האחרים בהשראת האזור, נערה עומדת בשדה החיטה עשירה בסנטימנטים, אך לא סנטימנטלית מדי. הוא מתקשר ישירות למחקר משנת 1866 שצויר בצרפת בשם "בשדות החיטה", ומחקר נוסף שצויר שנה לאחר מכן לאחר שובו לאמריקה. אבל הומרוס היה ללא ספק גאה ביותר בזה. זהו דיוקן, חדר לימוד תלבושות, ציור ז'אנרי במסורת הגדולה של הציור הפסטורלי האירופי, וטור דה פורס מואר בדרמטיות, ספוג באור השעה הזוהר הדועך במהירות, מצופה בתווים פרחוניים ונגיעות קוצים של חיטה. בשנת 1874 שלח הומרוס ארבעה ציורים לתערוכה של האקדמיה הלאומית לעיצוב. אחד מהם נקרא "ילדה". יכול להיות שזה לא זה?

וינסלו הומר

Widely recognized as one of the most consequential artists of our time, Gerhard Richters career now rivals that of Picasso's in terms of productivity and genius. The multi-faceted subject matter, ranging from slightly out-of-focus photographic oil paintings to Kelly-esque grid paintings to his "squeegee" works, Richter never settles for repeating the same thought- but is constantly evolving his vision. Richter has been honored by significant retrospective exhibitions, including the pivotal 2002 show, "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. <br><br>"Abstraktes Bild 758-2" (1992) comes from a purely abstract period in Richter's work- where the message is conveyed using a truly physical painting style, where applied paint layers are distorted with a wooden "Squeegee" tool. Essentially, Richter is sculpting the layers of paint, revealing the underlayers and their unique color combinations; there is a degree of "art by chance". If the painting does not work, Richter will move on- a method pioneered by Jackson Pollock decades earlier. <br><br>Richter is included in prominent museums and collections worldwide, including the Tate, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others.

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<div>In the mid-1920s, Rufino Tamayo embarked on the crucial development phase as a sophisticated, contemporary colorist. In New York, he encountered the groundbreaking works of Picasso, Braque, and Giorgio de Chirico, along with the enduring impact of Cubism. Exploring painterly and plastic values through subjects sourced from street scenes, popular culture, and the fabric of daily life, his unique approach to color and form began to take shape. It was a pivotal shift toward cosmopolitan aesthetics, setting him apart from the nationalist fervor championed by the politically charged narratives of the Mexican Muralist movement.  By focusing on the vitality of popular culture, he captured the essential Mexican identity that prioritized universal artistic values over explicit social and political commentary. The approach underscored his commitment to redefining Mexican art on the global stage and highlighted his innovative contributions to the modernist dialogue. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Like Cézanne, Tamayo elevated the still life genre to some of its most beautifully simple expressions. Yet high sophistication underlies the ease with which Tamayo melds vibrant Mexican motifs with the avant-garde influences of the School of Paris. As "Naturaleza Muerta" of 1935 reveals, Tamayo refused to lapse into the mere decoration that often characterizes the contemporary School of Paris art with which his work draws comparisons. Instead, his arrangement of watermelons, bottles, a coffee pot, and sundry items staged within a sobering, earthbound tonality and indeterminant, shallow space recalls Tamayo's early interest in Surrealism. An overlayed square matrix underscores the contrast between the organic subjects of the painting and the abstract, intellectualized structure imposed upon them, deepening the interpretation of the artist's exploration of visual perception and representation. In this way, the grid serves to navigate between the visible world and the underlying structures that inform our understanding of it, inviting viewers to consider the interplay between reality and abstraction, sensation and analysis.</div>

רופינו טמאיו

KENNETH NOLAND - מעבר - אקריליק על קנבס - 69 1/2 x 140 1/2 אינץ'.

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The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience.<br><br><br>Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.”

שון סקאלי

Tom Wesselmann will undoubtedly be remembered for associating his erotic themes with the colors of the American flag. But Wesselmann had considerable gifts as a draftsman, and the line was his principal preoccupation, first as a cartoonist and later as an ardent admirer of Matisse. That he also pioneered a method of turning drawings into laser-cut steel wall reliefs proved a revelation. He began to focus ever more on drawing for the sake of drawing, enchanted that the new medium could be lifted and held: “It really is like being able to pick up a delicate line drawing from the paper.”<br><br>The Steel Drawings caused both excitement and confusion in the art world. After acquiring one of the ground-breaking works in 1985, the Whitney Museum of American Art wrote Wesselmann wondering if it should be cataloged as a drawing or a sculpture. The work had caused such a stir that when Eric Fischl visited Wesselmann at his studio and saw steel-cut works for the first time, he remembered feeling jealous. He wanted to try it but dared not. It was clear: ‘Tom owned the technique completely.’<br><br>Wesselmann owed much of that technique to his year-long collaboration with metalwork fabricator Alfred Lippincott. Together, in 1984 they honed a method for cutting the steel with a laser that provided the precision he needed to show the spontaneity of his sketches. Wesselmann called it ‘the best year of my life’, elated at the results that he never fully achieved with aluminum that required each shape be hand-cut. “I anticipated how exciting it would be for me to get a drawing back in steel. I could hold it in my hands. I could pick it up by the lines…it was so exciting…a kind of near ecstasy, anyway, but there’s really been something about the new work that grabbed me.”<br><br>Bedroom Brunette with Irises is a Steel Drawing masterwork that despite its uber-generous scale, utilizes tight cropping to provide an unimposing intimacy while maintaining a free and spontaneous quality. The figure’s outstretched arms and limbs and body intertwine with the petals and the interior elements providing a flowing investigative foray of black lines and white ‘drop out’ shapes provided by the wall. It recalls Matisse and any number of his reclining odalisque paintings. Wesselmann often tested monochromatic values to discover the extent to which color would transform his hybrid objects into newly developed Steel Drawing works and, in this case, continued with a color steel-cut version of the composition Bedroom Blonde with Irises (1987) and later still, in 1993 with a large-scale drawing in charcoal and pastel on paper.

טום ווסלמן

אלברט בירשטאדט - שער הזהב - שמן על בד - 27 3/8 x 38 אינץ'

אלברט בירסטאדט

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Irving Norman conceived and created <em>The Human Condition</em> at a time when he must have reflected deeply on the totality of his life. Given its grand scale and cinematic treatment, it impresses as a profound culmination of his artistic journey, synthesizing decades of themes, insights, and experiences into a single monumental work. A man of great humility and an artist of uncommon skill, he translated a horrendous war experience into impactful allegories of unforgettable, often visceral imagery. He worked in solitude with relentless forbearance in a veritable vacuum without fame or financial security. Looking to the past, acutely aware of present trends, he knew, given the human predicament, he was forecasting the future. As one New York Times reviewer mused in 2008, "In light of current circumstances, Mr. Norman's dystopian vision may strike some…as eerily pertinent," an observation that recalled recent events.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Irving Norman's figures, manipulated by their environment and physical space, are of a style that exaggerates the malleability of the human form to underscore their vulnerability and subjugation. This literal and symbolic elasticity suggests that these figures are stretched, compressed, or twisted by the forces of their environment, emphasizing their lack of autonomy and the oppressive systems that govern their existence. While these figures reflect vulnerability, Norman's structural choice in <em>The Human Condition</em> creates a stark juxtaposition that shifts attention toward the central tableau. A commanding female figure, rising above the calamitous failures and atrocities of the past, is joined by a man, forming a symbolic "couple,” suggesting the unity and shared responsibility of a new vision. Their hands, magnified and upturned, present these children as a vision offering hope and renewal for the future. The gesture, combined with the futuristic clothing of the diminutive figures, reinforces the idea of an alternative path—a brighter, forward-looking humanity. The central tableau acts as a metaphorical offering, inviting the viewer to consider a future untouched by the weight of darkness from which these figures emerge.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Here, Norman underscores a hopeful, if not optimistic, vision for generations ahead. The structural decision suggests a deliberate shift in focus: the darker scenes relegated to the sides represent the burdens, past and present. At the same time, the central figures embody the potential for a future shaped by resilience and renewal. This juxtaposition distinguishes <em>The Human Condition</em> as a reflection of Norman's later years, where a tempered hope emerges to claim the high ground over the war-mongering, abject corruption, frantic pleasure-seeking, and the dehumanizing effects of modern society.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Throughout his long career, Norman stood tall in his convictions; he turned, faced the large, empty canvases, and designed and painted complex, densely populated scenes. As for recognition, he rationalized the situation—fame or fortune risked the unsullied nature of an artist's quest. Ultimately, <em>The Human Condition</em> is a summation of Norman's life and work and a call to action, urging us to examine our complicity in the systems he so vividly depicted. Through meticulous craftsmanship and allegorical intensity, it is a museum-worthy masterwork that continues to resonate, its themes as pertinent today as they were when Norman painstakingly brought his vision to life.</font></div>

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