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Street Life New York - Haunting Faces Windows Expressionism Mid-Century

Creator: Lawrence Edward Kupferman
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Mid-century artist Lawrence Kupferman paints a madly eerie New York street scene. An exaggerated upward view of two 19th-century walk-ups is split by a forced perspective of a downward view of a street that leads to deeper space. Every window is populated with a haunting caricature face or figure staring out at the viewer. The work is characterized by deliberate crudeness reminiscent of George Grosz, the New Objectivity art movement, and social realists such as Ben Shahn and William Gropper. The more one looks at the work. the more it energizes ones desire to look at it more.
Watercolor, wash and pen and ink on heavy wove paper, 1946. 615x460 mm; 241/4x18 inches. Signed in ink, lower right recto. Signed, dated and titled in ink, lower margin verso. In good condition. Framed under glass. Provenance: Swann Galleries, March 2, 2004, Lot 328

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1920-1949
Creation Date:	1946
Styles / Movements:	Expressionism, Outsider Art, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	693146

Dimensions

W.	18 in;	H.	24.5 in;	D.	1 in;
W.	45.72 cm;	H.	62.23 cm;	D.	2.54 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.