$80
Arthur Morris Cohen "Elizabeth" oil on paper card for a 1997 exhibition; marked to back "Arthur Cohen August 22 to September 4, 1997 Opening Reception Friday, August 22, 8-10pm Bunny Pearlman, Director East End Gallery 349 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 (508) 487-4745 'Elizabeth' 1994 Arthur Cohen 4" x 6" oil on canvas"; frame measures approximately 4-1/4" x 6-1/4" and actual card measures approximately 3-7/8" x 5-1/2"; in Good condition.Born in 1928, Cohen grew up in the Bronx and drew prodigiously as a child. After the war he took classes at Cooper Union and the Arts Students League. He remained in New York City his entire life with the exception of summer stints in Provincetown. Considering himself an outsider to New York's 50s and 60s art scene, Cohen painted to please himself. His modest interiors of his wife Elizabeth, an accomplished concert pianist, capture the elegance and intensity of intimate music-making silhouetted against a flood of reflected light. His iconic Provincetown landscapes are filaments of land wedged between expanses of sea and sky depicting a place outside time. Cohen died in 2012. His legacy is a body of work built of transparent layers of paint and thought, allowing us to believe that the moment will go on forever. Cohen's work has been collected by major museums and corporations, as well as noted contemporary artists.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-04-23
