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Robert Arthur Goodnough
Robert Goodnough Abstract Masterpiece

$24,000
£18,196.57
€21,243.65
CA$34,317.66
A$34,846.77
CHF 19,892.40
MX$421,063.78
NOK 233,668.67
SEK 233,031.14
DKK 158,813.24

About the Item

Robert Arthur Goodnough: 1917-2010: Very important and well listed American abstract expressionist artist. He has had Auction results as high as $52,500 but sells for much more in galleries and privately online. This spectacular powerful abstract was most likely painted in the late 1940s as that was his style during that period. His style would change in the 1950s and then again in the 1960s. He is considered a second generation abstract expressionist after the first generation which included Pollock, Rothko and deKooning. Several art gallery owners and critics said he was allergic to self promotion and was the most underrated artist of his generation. In 1952 apparently someone twisted his arm, because he had a one man show at Tibor Nagy gallery which was one of the most important galleries in the world at the time. He also had a one-man show in 1969 at the Whitney Museum. He is in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim and the museum of modern art amongst the others. This painting reminds me of some of Pierre Soulages works. The painting is an oil on canvas and measures 21 inches wide by 18 inches high. It is signed lower right. It has a half inch simple frame around it, which was most likely made himself. I have seen several examples of this very simple kind of frame on some of his other works. This is the finest American abstract expressionist painting that we have had in our collection. The painting is in very good original condition and black lights perfectly with no restoration or inpainting.
  • Creator:
    Robert Arthur Goodnough (1917 - 2010, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    The painting is in very good original condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1378217995762

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