Robert Mallary

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

This work is in very good and sound condition. All the elements are stable and secure. All surface inconsistencies are inherent to the medium and the artist's working method.
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"Robert Mallary was an exponent of the Assemblage or Junk Art movement that followed on the heels of abstract expressionism. He began making reliefs incorporating sand and straw mixed with polyester while teaching in New Mexico. After moving to New York in 1959, he soon started incorporating urban detritus into his art, showing his new work at the Allan Stone Gallery in 1961, '62 and '66. Mallary's sculptures have a dark undercurrent and suggest a battered bodily presence. Using polyester resin, Mallary assembled discarded cardboard, cloth rags, wood, sand and sometimes store-bought tuxedos into rough painting-like reliefs and sculptures."

- Allan Stone