RICHARD HAMBLETON | SHADOWMAN

Lot Closed

October 2, 04:32 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

New York/New Wave: From Walls to Canvas

RICHARD HAMBLETON

1952 - 2017

SHADOWMAN

signed

acrylic on paperboard

87¼ by 48⅜ in. (221.6 by 122.8 cm.)

Executed in 1987.

Stamped with Woodward Gallery, N.Y.C. inventory number WGRH1127 .

Private Collection, Pennsylvania (acquired directly from the artist)

Fullers Auction, Fullers LLC, Fine Art Auction, December 5, 2009, Lot 62, illustrated on cover of auction catalogue

Woodward Gallery, New York

“They could represent watchmen or danger or the shadows of a human body after a nuclear holocaust or even my own shadow. But what makes them exciting is the power of the viewer’s imagination. It’s that split-second experience when you see the figure that matters.”

- Richard Hambleton