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American Art |
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20th Century |
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USA |
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c. 1945 |
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Excellent |
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Josef Presser |
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oil on canvass |
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Dockside |
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12 x 22 |
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Lawrence Fine Art |
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14 weston place |
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Lawrence, NY 11559 |
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USA |
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Born in Lublin, Poland, Presser came to Boston at the age of 12 where he received a scholarship to the Museum of Fine Arts. His teacher, Philip L. Hale,said: “I have a genius in my class and I don’t know what to say to him.” After study in Europe, Presser returned to the US and settled in Philadelphia producing many circus scenes and images influenced by his study of Renaissance painters. He later moved to Woodstock. Presser was a manic depressive and the inherent symptoms of the cycle, extreme highs and lows, seemed to enhance the richness, variety and depth of his work. In the 40s-50s, Presser met and worked with the luminaries of Abstract Expressionism—De Kooning, Rothko an Pollock. Yet, his work never moved completely to abstraction. A rare oil, this work is one of a series of works inspired by the New York docks and contains--just barely--elements of ships and buildings.
Provenance: From the estate to a New Jersey collection.
Exhibited: 2005 Fletcher Gallery retrospective |
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