July 11-14, 2013
ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
The site, the tent, the fair, and our booth and location were all just
great.
We featured the perfect East End piece: Franz Kline’s Poem,
1957. Made for the 21 Etchings and Poems portfolio, published by
the Morris Gallery, the poem is by Frank O’Hara. An intaglio with photo-etch
and aquatint, 8 ½ x 20 inches, it is signed by Peter Grippe, who made the plate, printed this impression,
and was the organizer of the project in his role as director of Atelier 17.
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| Franz Kline, Poem, 1957 |
The Kline image is based on an untitled collage known as “Study
for Elizabeth,” Kline’s wife, whose mental health was deteriorating in this
period.
Reference:
David Acton, The Stamp of Impulse, number 47, pages 140-141.
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| William Baziotes, Howling Creature, 1936-39 |
Inside, in the ArtHamptons tent we drew the American Modernist theme with an installation of William Baziotes 1930s surrealist drawings and a pictograph painting from the mid-1940s, as well as works by Theodore Haupt, Axel Horn, Louis Lozowick, Hugh Mesibov, Anne Ryan, and Louis Schanker.
Outside, the horses are grazed and kept an eye open for errant fair-goers. The fields seemed endless. Some were given over to parking and on Saturday there were polo matches and then rain, which sounded wonderful inside the tent.
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| ArtHamptons Entrance at Night |
