FRIEDEL DZUBAS "ABC" SCREENPRINT, 1984Friedel Dzubas (1915 1994) was a Berlin born, American abstract painter and a key artist associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. Dzubas studied art in Germany before fleeing the Nazis in 1939 and settling in New York City. During the 1940s, Dzubas circulated with some of the leading abstract painters in the city's vital art scene, including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Katherine Dreier. Dzubas

capturing the details of clandestine meeting spots for gay cruising across the world

as the artist generally works on larger canvases

He is one of the few Canadian artists whose auction record is above $2 million

1959) became a household name when his painting “White Canoe” sold for $11

and oiliness of lithographic crayon and the fluidity of tusche are as much a “subject” as the loaded brushstroke is in her paintings

the reader is to consider the urgent necessity of social change

75"H 20"W (sheet)

General Idea addressed a broad range of social and art-world issues including consumerism

Signed and numbered in pencil lower right

often presenting elements of recreation and play in his distinct contemporary expressionist style

It is worth mentioning that this work has an incredible surface texture

Balthus (1908-2001) is one of the most esteemed painters of the 20th century