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Editions & Photography Winter 2021

Thu, Feb 18, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 754

Richard Bosman Woodcut Print, Signed Edition

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Richard Bosman (b. 1944)
Marking(s); notes: signed; AP 7/10 for the edition of 36; 1981
Country of origin; materials: Australian; woodcut in colors
Dimensions (H, W, D): 26.5"h, 16.5"w; 29"h, 18.75"w frame
Additional Information: Work is the color state of "Man Overboard." Gallery label to reverse: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. 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.

Modern/Contemporary Art, Design & Luxury Winter 2021: 3 Sales
Thu. 1.28 - The LUXE Sale: jewelry, handbags, scarves & vertu
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Thu. 2.18 - Editions & Photography

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Condition

very good, small pale stain in lower left corner, minor creasing in upper right corner, not examined outside frame (condition of art only)