BOB THOMPSON | THE FROG AND THE PRINCESS

Collection of Jean and Theodore Wardell, Boynton Beach (acquired directly from the artist)

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York

Collection of Bart D. Reiss, New York

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

“Bob Thompson’s world is transtextual (that is, the Aristotelian ‘either/or’ is supplanted by the Deleuzian ‘and… and…’), a theatre of fluidity where people of all colors – blue, green, yellow orange, brown, and black – move freely and exchange roles… Thompson’s work shows a freedom to reinterpret the old masters and fill old jars with new wine. His free use of color goes further than art, giving form to his desire for a world where people might change from one hue to another as they wish.”

(Manthia Diawara, “Bob Thompson: Whitney Museum of American Art, Artforum International, December 1998, Vol. 37, No. 4, p. 123)