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Sam Tchakalian
Sam Tchakalian Abstract Oil & Paper on Canvas Painting, Sutter’s Mill 1962

1962

$3,900
£2,948.76
€3,452.37
CA$5,548.73
A$5,644.07
CHF 3,239.12
MX$67,848.39
NOK 37,784.24
SEK 38,139.94
DKK 25,809.58

About the Item

A fine abstract expressionist oil and paper painting by American artist Sam Tchakalian (1929-2004). Sam was born in Shanghai, China, and lived in China during the first 17 years of his life. After World War II and much civil and political unrest in China, along with his brothers Manuel and Edward, the family relocated to San Francisco. Tchakalian received a B.A. degree in Psychology at San Francisco State University in 1952. After receiving his degree in Psychology, Tchakalian would serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and work within the military intelligence structure of the Army until the war ended in 1953. Tchakalian completed his MFA degree from San Francisco State in 1958 and committed to becoming a full-time career artist and art teacher. In 1957, he rented a space on Duboce Street near Haight-Ashbury that would serve as his studio and home for the next 40 years. Beginning in 1962, Sam Tchakalian started his teaching career. He taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts and the San Francisco Art Institute and would become one of San Francisco's influential art teachers for the next 35 years and throughout most of his adult life. Sam Tchakalian's work of the late 1950s and 1960s exhibit indications of classic bay area abstract expressionism. Still, he also maintained an individual style and applied collage throughout many of his works during this period. A correspondence letter to a New York Gallery is included where Tchakalian describes his work as follows “In essence my specific concern in painting is color– pushing color into form, using the canvas as a palette. The canvas has a shape, and I make the color, through my energy and activity, become the form of the canvas.” Oil and paper on canvas, signed and titled inscribed on verso “Sutter’s Mill,” dated on gallery label from Garboushian Gallery (Beverly Hills, CA) 1962 and housed in an ebonized wooden frame. Dimensions: 29.25 in H x 25.5 in W, actual; 30.75 in H x 27 in W x 2.38 in D. Includes a 2011 Garboushian Gallery Appraisal, and correspondence letter mentioned above. Ref: 15087
  • Creator:
    Sam Tchakalian (1929-2004)
  • Creation Year:
    1962
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.75 in (78.11 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 2.38 in (6.05 cm)
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  • Condition:
    Very good overall condition, with minor craquelure in spots and minimal imperfections. Please contact us directly for a full condition report before purchasing.
  • Gallery Location:
    Milford, NH
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 114881stDibs: LU931317983792

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