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N. Krushenick Pop Art Silkscreen
N. Krushenick Pop Art Silkscreen
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Nicholas Krushenick (American, 1929-1999), Untitled #11, ca. 1970 CE. A framed colorful Pop Art silkscreen by Nicholas Krushenick. Educated at the Art Students League of New York (1948-50) as well as the Hans Hofman School of Art (1950-51), Krushenick and his brother John opened Brata Gallery, an artists' cooperative, in the late 1950s when he was entrenched in the Abstract Expressionist Movement. However, by 1969 Krushenick who was inspired by illustration opted for bolder colors and sharp lines. His abstract eye persisted, however, this combination making him one of the pioneers of pop art. In a recent "Art in America" article, Stephen Westfall wrote, "Nicholas Krushenick (1929-1999) made paintings that are simultaneously idiosyncratic and inevitable, melding Pop and abstraction seemingly before anyone else thought to do it—a fusion that has survived its original moment to seem more vital than ever. Although he enjoyed considerable success in his lifetime, Krushenick wasn't catapulted into the front rank of American painters, where he arguably deserves to be." (http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazine/inventing-pop-abstraction) Westfall goes on to reason that Krushenick did not receive enough recognition during his lifetime because he was a bit "ornery" and most of all because "Krushenick's work is too Pop for the abstract purists and too abstract for Pop's populism." This said, he continues, "Maybe that's why it doesn't look dated in the least." Today this artist's works are the object of well-deserved recognition with New York exhibitions at Mitchell Algus, Marianne Boesky, Gary Snyder and Garth Greenan as well as the first survey of his oeuvre at the Tang Museum at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs in the winter/spring of 2015. A wonderful example by Krushenick whose star is on the rise! Framed under glass. Size: 18.375" L x 13.375" W (46.7 cm x 34 cm)

Provenance: Ex-private Morgan collection, Santa Monica, CA

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Silkscreen is choice. Metal frame shows a bit of wear.
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