A bold contemporary statement - unique handmade rag paper with colored pulp - titled Target 1979 by American artist Kenneth Noland. Signed in pencil on the verso. The target composition is comprised of three colors (blue, brown, and cream). From the private collection of the Franklin Siden Gallery with the original gallery tag on the verso. Dimensions: 39h x 39w (framed). In good vintage condition.
An innovative colorist, Kenneth Noland began his career as an Abstract Expressionist, became one of the first practitioners of Color Field painting as part of the Washington Color School, and ultimately embraced a Minimalist approach that comprised vivid color and simple geometric shapes. His most iconic works are subtly direct compositions of chevrons, concentric circles, stripes, and diamonds, such as Pent (1966). Noland also pioneered the use of shaped canvases, painting on increasingly asymmetrical canvases that rendered the edge of equal compositional importance to the center.
Blue-chip representation with an auction record of $4.3m, Sotheby's, 2021.