Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, C. 1960

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A confident mid-century abstract oil, circa 1960 — architectonic and post-cubist. A muted tonal ground of violet, mauve and grey-brown … Read more A confident mid-century abstract oil, circa 1960 — architectonic and post-cubist. A muted tonal ground of violet, mauve and grey-brown is crossed by a black linear armature, a large pink cruciform, acid-green accent bars and pale planar slabs. Emphatically hand-painted: real, scraped and reworked oil standing in relief on a canvas-textured panel — the reworked passages are the tell, since reproductions don't revise.

Housed in what appears to be its original mid-century frame — a silvered-cream moulding with a natural linen liner, a desirable object in its own right. Signed lower left, illegibly, by an as-yet-unidentified hand. A serious, austere picture that reads far better in person than on screen. From a Marin County, California estate. One of a kind.

Panel 22 x 28 in. Framed 30 x 36 in. Condition: good — no paint loss, no flaking, no restoration; original frame with linen liner. See less