DAN CHRISTENSEN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING V$5,500
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MEASUREMENTS:24"WX24"H NO FRAME, MINT CONDITION/"in the style of"Dan Christensen arrived in New York City in the summer of 1965 from the Mid-West, with the purpose of establishing himself as an important contemporary abstract painter. With his friend from Iowa - the painter David Wagner, he rented a loft on Great Jones Street in lower Manhattan. After several months of experimenting on new abstract paintings with interlocking rectangular "L" shapes in shades of tan, grey, ochre and brown that resembled jigsaw puzzles in oil paint, he began to use acrylic paint. Christensen began painting the series of abstract paintings for which he became first known - his Minimal "Bar" paintings in the spring of 1966. After Dave Wagner returned to Iowa in March 1966, his friend the painter Ronnie Landfield shared his Great Jones Street loft with him until the early winter of 1967/Private collection, no documentation.
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DAN CHRISTENSEN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING V$5,500
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