Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: David Bierk (1944-2002)
Marking(s); notes: signed, stamped; 2000
Country of origin; materials: Canadian; oil on canvas, rusted iron on board
Dimensions (H, W, D): 46.5"h, 38.5"w; 51.25"h, 43.25"w frame
Additional Information: Work is titled "After History, Evening Sky." David Bierk's postmodernist landscapes are reimaginings of works by the Hudson River school of painters. He honors natural history as well as art history, encasing passionate, idealized vistas in rusted steel symbolic of the competition between nature and industry. (source: nancyhoffmangallery.com, nytimes.com obituary) Gallery label to reverse: Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York. Provenance: Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York (image of purchase receipt available) | Private Collection, Weston, Florida, acquired 2000.
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Condition
very good, circular mark in upper third (beneath varnish, possibly artist intent), light scratch in outer/abstract area (condition of art only)