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Romantic Couple Kissing and Embracing, Voyeur View - Mid Century

Creator: Alexander Sharpe Ross -Alexander Ross
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Alexander Sharpe Ross gives us a voyeur view of an attractive couple kissing and embracing on a couch. Sharpe's radical use of composition is on full display. He places an ornate wooden chair in the foreground and directs the viewer's line of sight through the chair. The chair frames the couple. It's a romantic evening with warm interior light. Cropped whisky glasses and an opened bottle of liquor are seen on a side table. The artist's masterful painting technique is as inventive as his unexpected composition. Ross applies the paint that is mixed with a painter's medium... in a very fluid way. On close examination, the paint surface is almost abstract and perhaps was influenced by the Abstract painters of the day. This work was most likely done on assignment for a major newsstand magazine like Cosmopolitan - Signed lower left Framed under acrylic. The condition of the art is very good, with some minor scuffs on the plexiglass
Framed Dimensions 22 X 17.5 Inches - Provenance: From The Collection of Charles Martignette.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Oil Paint with Artists Medium
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1952-1965- circa
Styles / Movements:	Abstract Expressionism, Modernism, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	603633

Dimensions

W.	12 in;	H.	17.2 in;
W.	30.48 cm;	H.	43.69 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.