Paul Maxwell (1925-2015) Geometric Abstract Mixed Media Pochoir Print Op Art COA

Description: PALM BEACH ESTATE FIND!! Paul E. Maxwell (1925-2015) Geometric Abstract Mixed Media Pochoir Print Op Art with COA. This is an unique mixed media artwork on paper. Great colors with an almost ombré effect with pops of color. Measures 20” x 28” overall framed in a gold metal gallery frame. It is displayable as is however there is a small crack to the glass lower right corner and the matte appears to have faint stains. It would probably benefit from a reframing but I will leave that up to you. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from Park West Galleries. A beautiful modernist, almost Brutalist, work of art by a notable and internationally collected artist. Please ask any and all questions prior to offer or purchase. Note: we apologize for the high cost of shipping but both FedEx and USPS have raised their rates exponentially on oversized and heavy items, of which this is both. We would be willing to ship it unframed if you prefer. Maxwell was a modern artist and sculptor who developed a technique for using stencils to create thickly textured and layered surfaces, as well as objects he patented as “stencil casting” but that later became known as “Maxwell Pochoir.” He was also known for creating the “Max Wall” in the West Atrium of the Dallas Apparel Mart; though demolished in 2006, it can be seen as a backdrop in the science-fiction movie Logan’s Run. His work is highly abstract and often consists of some kind of grid—a form that is non-hierarchical and illustrates a major theme of his work. Paul Maxwell was born in Frost Prairie (Ashley County) on September 17, 1925, to the farm family of Willie F. and Robert M. Maxwell. The sixth of seven children, Maxwell considered himself an artist from an early age and recalled the landscape of Frost Prairie as “pure form—wide unbroken fields of tall grass which the slightest breeze could shape into waves and ripples of golden light.” He said that drawing in the exposed clay soil there may have been an early inspiration for the kind of textured surfaces he would later create. When Maxwell was nine, the family moved to Bastrop, Louisiana, where he completed high school. Maxwell went on to graduate from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, in 1950 with a BA in art, followed by graduate work at Claremont College in California. While at Claremont, Maxwell had his first museum show in Stockton, California. In 1951, Maxwell exhibited his work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in a show that included such artists as Picasso, Miro, and Matta; also that year, he had his first commercial gallery exhibition. From 1955 to 1958, Maxwell taught at the Houston Museum of Art and at the University of Houston. From 1959 to 1961, he lectured and exhibited his work in Europe under the sponsorship of the U.S. Information Agency while maintaining a gallery in Switzerland. During the rest of the 1960s and into the 1970s and 1980s, Maxwell lived and worked in Texas and Oklahoma, receiving commissions for works in public spaces such as a wall sculpture in the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the free-standing sculpture for the lobby of the Stark County Library in Canton, Ohio. It was also during the 1970s that Maxwell developed and created pieces using his stencil-casting technique. In 1985, a twelve-minute documentary that dealt with Maxwell’s work was produced by Carol Shroeder and broadcast by PBS. The documentary, titled “Paul Maxwell: Lines/Horizons” won the American Film Festival Red Ribbon Award for Best Short Documentary and the Mitchell Wilder Gold Medal Award given by the Texas Association of Museums, both in 1986. Maxwell was also the subject of the 2007 short film “Through a Veil of Knowledge: The Legacy of Paul Maxwell,” directed by Richard Balin.

Price: 1245 USD

Location: Palm Beach, Florida

End Time: 2024-09-03T22:40:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 100 USD