Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Richard Bosman (b. 1944)
Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 8/43; 1983-1984
Country of origin; materials: Australian; woodcut from one block
Dimensions (H, W, D): 26"h, 32"w; 32.75"h, 39"w frame
Additional Information: Work is titled "Double Trouble." Published by Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. Gallery labels to reverse: Crown Point Press, New York, New York | Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York.
Richard Bosman is a painter and printmaker known for his scenes of dark drama. He draws on pop culture influences such as pulp fiction illustration and crime photography to portray these scenes in a sensational, but slightly kitschy, way. The selected pieces in this auction are among his earlier works, centered around the themes of crime, disaster and turbulent seascapes. Richard Bosman is the recipient of a 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art, National Academy Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and The British Museum and in galleries worldwide.
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Condition
very good, not examined outside frame (condition of art only)