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LOST & FOUND
Abstracting Los Angeles, A Consortium Exhibition of Different Disciplines, 1945-1980
November 19 - December 31, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
B7 GalleryROBERT BERMAN GALLERY presents LOST & FOUND/ABSTRACTING LOS ANGELES 1945 - 1980 – paintings, drawings, sculptures and assemblages from obscure and known artists who used different media to interpret the abstract expressionist movement with a Los Angeles twist. The focus will be post war works up to 1980. This exhibition will show different media relating to Los Angeles’ interpretation of modernism with an emphasis on the difference between Los Angeles and its East Coast counterpart.
Exhibition includes select works by Elsa Wagner, Stanley Tschopp, Ted Gilien, Eugene Berman, Jules Engel, Russ Tamblyn, John Grillo, Ben Talbert, Hans Burkhardt, James Gill, Paul Bruch, Norman Zammitt, Agnes Kellog, William Tunberg, Henrietta Berk, Joe Goode, Oskar Fischinger, Frank Lobdell, John Baldessari, Ed Kienholz, Bruce Conner, Craig Kauffman, Richard Newton, Carlos Almaraz, Llyn Folkes, Rico Lebrun Larry Bell, Eric Orr, Man Ray, Wallace Berman, Don Sorenson, John Altoon, Max Finkelstein and Robert Graham.
John Altoon
Untitled, 1966Mixed media collage
Watercolor on paper
Image: 30 x 40 inches; Framed
Russ Tamblyn
Untitled (World), 1977
Mixed media collage
Signed
Provenance: From the Dennis Hopper Collection
Image: 54 x 48 inches; Framed: 55 x 48.25 inches
Bill Tunberg
Untitled, 1966
work on paper
Image: 41 x 33 inches
Alexis Smith
Christmas Eve, 1943 #41, From Here to Eternity, 1982
Mixed media
Initialed on recto
Exhibited at Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, exhibition tag on verso
Image: 15.5 x 13 inches; Framed: 29 x 26 inches
Julius Shulman
Shangri-La Hotel, 1940
Gelatin silver print
Signed and dated on recto
Image: 30 x 24 inches; Framed: 41.25 x 33.25 inches
Ben Talbert
Untitled (black & white) circa 1958
Oil on canvas
Image: 69 x 97.5 inches
Stanley Tschopp
Untitled (From the Moments of Harmony Series), 1974
Oil on canvas
36.5 x 36.5 inches
Ed Kienholz
Five Car Stud, 1971
One color silkscreen on handmade paper
Numbered 11/11
Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on recto
Image: 14 x 33 inches
John Paul Jones
Untitled, 1960
Charcoal on Arches paper
Signed and dated in pencil on recto
Image: 22 x 30 inches; Framed: 28.5 x 36.5 inches
John Paul Jones
Big Pink, 1970
Charcoal and pastel on Rives BFK paper
Initialed in pencil on recto
Image: 41 x 29.5 inches; Framed: 43 x 32.5 inches
James Gill
Untitled, c. 1965
Graphite and lacquer on canvas in original artist frame
Signed on recto
Image: 36 x 51.5 inches
Robert Dowd
Untitled, 1967
Oil on board
Signed and dated in oil on recto
Ed Kienholz
Untitled, 1956
Work on paper
Image: 20 x 14 inches
Robert Graham
Untitled, circa 1960
Charcoal on paper
Signed on recto
Image: 22 x 18.5 inches
Man Ray
Untitled (nude torso), 1942
Gelatin silver print
image: 8 x 7 inches; Framed: 20 x 18 inches
John McCracken
Untitled (SB-82), 1982
Gouache on paper
Inscribed “SB-82” in pencil on recto; iIgned and dated in pencil on recto
Image: 7.5 x 11 inches; Framed: 16 x 20 inches
John McCracken
Untitled, 1983
Mixed Media
Signed and dated on recto
Image: 30 x 22.5 inches; Framed: 31.5 x 24 inches
Tom Wudl
Untitled, 1973
Mixed media on paper; Initialed and dated on recto
Image: 16 x 21.75 inches; Framed: 22.5 x 27.5 inches
Hilda Levy
Innerness, 1959
Lacquer and mixed media on masonite; Initialed in paint on recto
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA exhibition tag on verso; The Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA “March 15-April 20, 1960” exhibition tag on verso; Artist Studio tag on verso
Image: 27.5 x 18.5 inches; Framed: 29.25 x 20.25 inches
Don Sorenson
Untitled, 1976
Acrylic on canvas
Signed and dated on recto
Image: 22 x 36 inches; Framed: 23 x 37.25 inches
Larry Bell
Untitled, 1979
Metal vapor drawing on Arches 88 paper
Signed and dated on recto
Image: 40 x 28 inches; Framed: 49.5 x 38 inches
Billy Al Bengston
Tom, 1968
Lacquer, polyester and resin on aluminum
Numbered 22/50
Signed and numbered on recto; Artist studio tag on verso
Image: 26 x 25 inches
Eugene Berman
Imaginary Mexican Architecture, 1949
Watercolor and ink on paper
Initialed and dated on recto
Image: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; Framed: 26.25 x 21.75 inches
Max Finkelstein
Sensor 4, 1970
Aluminum construction
Image: 63.5 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches
Max Finkelstein
Krystalos 1, 1970
Aluminum construction
Image: 35.5 x 35.5 inches
John Carr
Untitled
Oil on board
Signed on recto
Image: 25.25 x 37.75 inches; Framed: 34.5 x 46 inches
Ciric
Ascention, 1973
Oil on canvas panel
Signed and dated on recto; titled and dated on verso
Image: 23 x 17 inches; Framed: 32.25 x 26.25 inches
Pascal Cucaro
Untitled
Oil on board
Signed on recto
Image: 47.5 x 23.5 inches; Framed: 49 x 25 inches
Leon Saulter
Untitled, 1960
Acrylic on board
Signed and dated on recto
Image: 48 x 36 inches
George Herms
Untitled
Mixed media on board
Signed on recto
Image: 11.5 x 9 inches; Framed: 18.25 x 15.5 inches
Charles Christopher Hill
The Great Wave Seen as a Wet Dream, 1977
Stitched and layered paper with cloth
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Exhibited at Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, exhibition tag on verso
Image: 28 x 42 inches; Framed
Ed Moses
Girl in the Black Pants, 1960
Oil and graphite on cardboard
Signed and dated on recto
Exhibited at DILEXI Gallery, San Francisco, 1961
Image: 26.5 x 18 inches; Framed: 34.25 x 25.5 inches
Nathan Oliveira
Untitled, 1957
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated in pencil on verso; Signed and dated in oil on recto
Image: 72 x 35 inches; Framed: 73 x 36.5 inches
Roland Reiss
Untitled, circa 1965
Ink on paper
Signed on recto
Image: 22 x 28 inches; Framed: 30 x 34.5 inches
Norton Wisdom
Untitled, 1979
Oil on canvas
Image: 72 x 60 inches
Roland Reiss
Untitled, circa 1965
Ink on paper
Signed on recto
Image: 22 x 28 inches; Framed: 30 x 34.5 inches
Elsa Warner
Untitled (Abstract)
Collage on board
Image: 19 x 24 inches; Framed: 29 x 34 inches
Elsa Warner
Siena, 1964
Oil and collage on board
Signed on recto; titled and dated on verso
Image: 35 x 53 inches; Framed: 43 x 60.75 inches
Howard Warsaw
Man on the Telephone, 1958
Mixed media on paper
Signed and dated in pencil on recto
Image: 22.5 x 13 inches; Framed: 36 x 26 inches
Richard Newton
Cantina (III Bergamot), 1972/2011
Video installation with hand manipulated cans and monitor
