Harold Frank (American born in England, 1921-1995). "Pink Nude" mixed media painting on paper. Signed at lower right. A beautiful composition depicting a female nude delineated from head to thighs with Frank's signature expressive brushstrokes, lyrical lines, and vibrant color palette comprised of a myriad of pink shades along with mint green, creamy beige, and white hues as well as black contours throughout. According to scholar Sandie Stern, "Like his idol de Kooning, Frank chose the human figure, as his principal subject. Variations on women became a lifelong, consistent, ubiquitous theme." (Stern, "H. Frank", p. 16) Size (painting): 9.875" L x 6.75" W (25.1 cm x 17.1 cm) Size (matte): 20" L x 16" W (50.8 cm x 40.6 cm)

Harold Frank immigrated with his family to the US through Ellis Island. Growing up in the tenements of the Lower East Side in New York City during the era of the Great Depression and World War II, Frank found Abstract Expressionism to be the ideal means to explore the angst of his world. He once stated, "I can live with the abstract. Life is a mystery."

Frank studied at the Art Students League in New York, the National Academy of Design, the Pratt Institute, the Chouinard Art Institute, and UCLA where he was a colleague of Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993), an artist who is oftentimes associated with Abstract Expressionism as well as a pioneer of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. In addition to Diebenkorn, Frank's influences include DeKooning, Picasso, Matisse, and Rouault. While he also created landscapes, non-objective abstract compositions, and still-life paintings, figures and head studies were the predominant theme of his oeuvre.

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired via descent, purchased from artist on June 25th, 1973

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Collection label and notes on verso. Painted composition is excellent. Collection labels and paint splatters on verso. Original matte with age wear and stains as shown. Matte could be replaced by a professional.