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Clean and modern still life against a landscape background by Kipp Stewart (American, b. 1928). The still life consists of …
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Clean and modern still life against a landscape background by Kipp Stewart (American, b. 1928). The still life consists of a rose in a pitcher, two Native American baskets (Salish and Chippewa), and a bunch of grapes. The arrangement is sitting on a low wall, with a desert behind. The landscape is primarily palm trees, but also has low purple mountain in the far distance. A dramatic cream-colored sky makes up the top half of the painting.
Signed in the lower left "Stewart"
Tag on verso with title ("Desert Rose"), artist's name, size, materials, and inventory number
Presented in a slat frame.
Canvas size: 36"H x 40"W
Kipp Stewart (American, b. 1928) is an artist, architect, and designer from Pennsylvania. Known to furniture obsessives for the Declaration series he codesigned for North Carolina’s Drexel Furniture, Stewart is most commonly associated with mid-century design movements of his adopted home state of California. There, in 1972, Stewart designed the Ventana Big Sur, a luxury resort near Montecito for which he oversaw architecture, planning, furniture and interior design across 160 acres of land.
By the time Stewart spearheaded the Ventana, he was already well versed in furniture design. After briefly serving in the U.S. Navy as a teenager, Stewart enrolled at the Chouinard Art Institute (present-day CalArts) in Los Angeles. By the time he graduated, he was steeped in the world of modern seating design, experimenting with new chair models that bridged form and function. Charles and Ray Eames were important influences on his early work, which included a chrome-framed lounge chair whose reclined shape bears a striking resemblance to the Eameses’ iconic lounge.
In the late 1950s, Stewart partnered with another West Coast furniture designer, Stewart MacDougall, on a line of modern furniture for Drexel. (The pair were also producing case pieces and more for Glenn of California.) Drexel soon unveiled Stewart and McDougall’s Declaration line, which was constructed entirely of natural walnut and featured the choice of white porcelain or brass drawer pulls and cabinet door handles. Although its stylish credenzas and other pieces reflect the kind of slim-lined, low-slung silhouettes for which mid-century design has become known, there are also elements that nod to earlier American and European furniture design, such as the dining chairs whose flattened spindle backs recall Shaker and Windsor chair design, distinguishing them from the modern designs becoming prolific in Scandinavia at the time. The pieces were so indicative of a particularly American style, in fact, that several items from the collection were selected by the U.S. government to represent the country at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958.
While Stewart found success as a painter and with his Ventana hotel project — and had also designed chairs, chests and more for Directional — the Drexel Declaration line is his best-known furniture collection and remains highly sought after by collectors today.
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- Dimensions
- 40.75ʺW × 2ʺD × 36.75ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Still Life
- Landscape
- Period
- Late 20th Century
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Acrylic Paint
- Canvas
- Condition
- Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Peach
- Condition Notes
- One tear has been professionally repaired. Cleaned and treated with UV-resistant varnish. New hanging hardware included. One tear has been professionally repaired. Cleaned and treated with UV-resistant varnish. New hanging hardware included. less
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