Philip Perkins (Tennessee, 1907-1970) oil on canvas abstract painting titled "Flight to the While of Unity" depicting geometric undulating forms rendered in segments of color in shades of blue and purple intertwining against a gradient purple-to-blue background. Signed "Perkins '51" lower right. Titled in pencil en verso of stretcher. Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN label affixed en verso. House in a contemporary frame with chrome inner frame and black filet. Sight: 35 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W. Framed: 41 1/4" H x 42 1/4" W. Biography: Philip Perkins received critical acclaim for his geometric, cubist-influenced work of the 1940s and his abstract expressionism in the 1950s. He was born in Waverly, Tennessee and studied at Vanderbilt University and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1932 he moved to Paris, France, where he studied under Jean Marchaud, Louis Marcoussis, and Fernand Leger. In 1934 he exhibited at the Salon D'Automne and the Salon de Tuileries. In 1940 he moved to New York City and in 1947 participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition. He spent seven years teaching art at the University of Tennessee in Nashville (1948-1955) but went back to Europe for several more years before returning to Nashville in 1961.

The collection of Earl S. and Suzanne D. Swensson, Nashville, TN, purchased from Bennett Galleries.

One small patched hole in upper left center with associated retouching. A few additional areas of retouching in lower right and right center, largest area measuring 3" L.