ריי פרקר (1922-1990)

 
<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div> <div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted in 1954, this "Untitled" canvas exemplifies Ray Parker’s early engagement with Abstract Expressionism, a moment when he was forging a language of bold color and gestural immediacy. Parker worked directly on unstretched canvas, building the composition through broad, saturated brushstrokes that retain a sense of spontaneity and improvisation. The edges of form remain fluid, emphasizing the immediacy of his process. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Although Parker would later become best known for his “Simple Paintings,” these early works are both rare and foundational, bridging the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the clarity of form that defined his mature style. With fewer than 310 works recorded at auction and very few from the 1950s, canvases of this scale and date seldom appear on the market. A related early abstraction, "Untitled" (1956), is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Untitled" (1954) represents a significant example of Parker’s innovative contribution to postwar American painting. </font></div>
ללא כותרת, 1954 , 52 1/4 x 56 x 1 אינץ' (132.72 x 142.24 x 2.54 ס"מ) , שמן על בד
מקור ומקור
מכירות פרטיות של כריסטי
אוסף פרטי, נרכש מהנ"ל
ציור זה, "ללא כותרת", צויר בשנת 1954 ומדגים את עיסוקו המוקדם של ריי פארקר באקספרסיוניזם מופשט, רגע בו יצר שפה של צבע עז ומיידיות מחוותית. פארקר עבד ישירות על בד לא מתוח, ובנה את הקומפוזיציה באמצעות משיכות מכחול רחבות ורוויות, המשמרות תחושה של ספונטניות ואלתור. קצוות הצורה נותרים גמישים, ומדגישים את המיידיות של התהליך שלו.





למרות שפארקר נודע מאוחר יותר בזכות "ציוריו הפשוטים", עבודות מוקדמות אלו הן נדירות ויסודיות כאחד, ומגשרות בין האנרגיה הגולמית של האקספרסיוניזם המופשט לבין צלילות הצורה שהגדירה את סגנונו הבוגר. עם פחות מ-310 עבודות שתועדו במכירות פומביות ומעט מאוד משנות ה-50, קנבסים בקנה מידה ובתקופה זו מופיעים לעתים רחוקות בשוק. הפשטה מוקדמת קשורה, "ללא כותרת" (1956), נמצאת באוסף מוזיאון ויטני לאמנות אמריקאית. "ללא כותרת" (1954) מייצג דוגמה משמעותית לתרומתו החדשנית של פארקר לציור האמריקאי שלאחר המלחמה.
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