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Purvis Young – The Blue Truck – On Auction
Posted on April 18, 2023
Purvis Young (1943 – 2010) has been recognized as one of the masters of this
broadly defined nonacademic genre of ‘outsider art’. His work possesses a
singularly raw form of aesthetic power and through the decades he has
developed an astounding oeuvre, out of which we were able to acquire a
range of true highlights, in early 1999, while we visited Miami.
The above painting features one of his favorite subjects: Trucks
In a very expressive fashion Young paints this ‘Blue Truck’, as if it is not a solid mass of metal, but rather a breathing life mass rolling into an either urban environment still under construction or a cemetery of destroyed high rises in a dystopian world. We guess it’s up to the viewer to decide.
Signature: Top right
Size of the artwork: 19 x 25 in(48.26 x 63.5 cm)
Overall Framed Size: 20 x 26 x 0.75 in(50.8 x 66.04 x 1.91 cm)
Condition: excellent
This painting has been sold on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at Slotin Folk Art’s Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale
Rolf Goellnitz
PURVIS YOUNG_Artwork ON AUCTION
Posted on November 6, 2022
Purvis Young has been recognized as one of the masters of this broadly defined nonacademic genre of ‘outsider art’. His work possesses a singularly raw form of aesthetic power and through the decades he has developed an astounding oeuvre, out of which we were able to acquire a range of true highlights, in the late 90-s, while we visited Miami.
One of them is the painting above, capturing the vibrant atmosphere, the heat of the night as a Piano Player and a Harmonica Player (portrait) play to the audience metaphorical symbolized as stars, which the musicians try to reach with and through their performance.
The painting will be auctioned on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Slotin Folk Art’s Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale in cooperation with Live Auctioneers.
Thank you very much for your interest in our offer.
Rolf Goellnitz
The Blue Truck – Purvis Young
Posted on January 22, 2022
Purvis Young has been recognized as one of the masters of this
broadly defined nonacademic genre of ‘outsider art’. His work possesses a
singularly raw form of aesthetic power and through the decades he has
developed an astounding oeuvre, out of which the owner was able to acquire a
range of true highlights, in early 1997, while he visited Miami.
The above painting features one of Purvis Young’s favorite subjects: Trucks
In a very expressive fashion he paints this blue truck, as if it is not a solid mass of metal, but rather a breathing life mass rolling into an either urban environment still under construction or a cemetery of destroyed high rises in a dystopian world. We guess it’s up to the viewer to decide.
Technique: Acrylic on canvas
Size: Including frame 20×26 in
Price: Has been sold on April 22, 2023
Interested? Please contact: mail@omc-llc.com
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