Lot 16
American (1924-2014)
Still Life (1962)
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
32 x 36 inches
Signature
signed lower right

Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000

Price Realized: $40,000
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Frame Information
frame dimensions: 33 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches
Provenance
The Estate of Eleanor Sheldon, 630 Park Avenue, NYC
Art Lending service Museum of Modern Art label verso
Condition
very good condition, a few small areas of craquelure, some stress cracks to the paint center left, would benefit from a cleaning
Jane Freilicher, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, is an American painter best known for her Southampton landscapes, Manhattan skylines and still lifes. Freilicher studied with Hans Hofmann and Meyer Shaprio, yet established her own painting-style, a marriage of abstraction and representational painting, in which Freilicher exquisitely creates a balance between depiction and suggestion. Freilicher’s work encourages a sustained observation to note her expert, yet subtle shifts and changes from atmosphere to color to light to brushstroke. Still Life, a magnetic and charismatic composition by Jane Freilicher that combines the philosophy of her early training in abstract expressionism with Hans Hofmann with elements from her later oeuvre of representational painting. Freilicher’s work, like that of the circle of poets she collaborated with, were fixed on the subject of everyday sights and experiences while adding a fresh perspective to them. Still Life calls out to the viewer like a poem on canvas, focusing a lens on an everyday scene. Colors and gestures illuminate the canvas, the flowing lines and shapes invite the eye to regard each of the four corners and all that is in between.