A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism from 1935-1965

A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism from 1935-1965 July 18 – October 8, 2014

A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism from 1935-1965

On View: Friday, July 18 - Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Viewing Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Location: One Allen Center, Lobby Level Gallery 500 Dallas Street, Houston, Texas 77002 Cover Images, clockwise from top left: Dave McManaway, Jomo Gift, Richard Stout, Time After Time, Ruth Pershing Uhler, Earth Rhythms #2 1

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“Texas might have been one of the last states of the Union where a person could expect to find a vital current of modernist painting and sculpture in the mid-twentieth century. Texas popular taste in art, like the majority of Americans, favored traditional modes. Modern art originated in Europe, a fact that seems antithetical to the independent spirit of Texas, with its historic struggles against foreign intervention. Yet the same Texas that encouraged political independence and free-spirited citizens turned out to be fertile ground for an autonomous spirit in sculpture and painting. For centuries, Texas has been shaped by the geologic characteristics of its land as well as by the rugged determination of those who choose to inhabit it. The state’s vast geography and secessionary zeal allowed artists to work in whatever style of art they pleased. Many drew literal and metaphoric inspiration from the land; still others abandoned any semblance of mimetic representation. Some Texas modernists were indeed independent-minded and passionate, embodying a new incarnation of the Texas myth."

- Adapted from Katie Robinson Edwards, Ph.D., Midcentury Modern Art in Texas (University of Texas Press, 2014).

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Artist

Title

Date

Medium

Dimensions (in.) Retail

1

Adickes, David

Still Life for Ann Holmes

1957

pen, ink and oil on canvas

24 x 16

$4,000

2

Bomar, Bill

West Immage

c.1965

oil on canvas

10 x 14

$2,500

3

Bott, Harvey

Traceries

1965

acrylic on scored and etched MDF

24 x 19

POR

4

Boynton, Jack

Drawing Five

1959

pencil on paper

10 x 7

$1,000

5

Boynton, Jack

Untitled Drawing 1

1959

graphite

7.75 x 6.5

$1,000

6

Boynton, Jack

Untitled Drawing 2

1959

graphite

8.75 x 6

$1,000

7

Brants, Cynthia

Still life with Bones

1946

oil on canvas

19 x 32

POR

8

Bywaters, Jerry

Mexican Mother, Ed. 2/50

1936

lithograph

16 x 12.5

$2,800

9

Collins, Lowell

Oyster Shucker

1946

oil on canvas

30 x 24

NFS

10

Condon, Bill

Cathedral

1966

oil on canvas

36 x 24

$4,800

11

Culwell, Ben

Untitled 56-2

1956

mixed media on board

20.75 x 44.75

$9,500

12

Dolejska, Frank

As Never

1938

oil on masonite

15.5 x 16.5

NFS

13

Dozier, Otis

Grasshopper & Rooster

1945

oil on masonite

18 x 24

POR

14

Eades, Luis

Iguana in my Backyard

1956

casein on paper

11.5 x 17.5

$1,200

15

Edelman, Don

Still Life

1953

oil on board

19.75 x 25.75

$4,800

16

Fearing, Kelly

Little Gold Bird

1961

gold leaf and watercolor

10 x 12.5

$1,200

17

Fearing, Kelly

Saint with Lion

c.1947

mixed media

14 x 10

$1,800

18

Fogel, Seymour

Buzzard

1953

oil on masonite

20 x 24

$7,500

19

Fogel, Seymour

Untitled (Angel verso)

1954

mixed media on masonite

22 x 43

$9,500

20

Frary, Michael

Construction on the Beach

c.1955

oil on masonite

17.5 x 23.5

$10,000

21

Freed, Frank

Picasso

1957

oil on canvas board

10 x 8

$2,600

22

Fridge, Roy

Wood Construction

c.1965

mixed media

12.5 x 10 x 4

NFS

23

Gadbois, Henri

White Sands

1954

oil on canvas

24 x 34

$4,200

24

Guerin, John

Landscape (By the Coast)

c.1964

oil on canvas

20 x 25

$2,800

25

Helfensteller, Veronica Earthquake

c.1948

watercolor

11 x 9.5

$2,400

26

Hood, Dorothy

To the Macrocosm

c.1960

oil on canvas

60 x 50

POR

27

Johnson, Lucas

Untitled (People Looking Up)

1970

mixed media on paper

22 x 34

$4,200

28

Kinzinger, Edmund

Young Girl

1938

oil on board

26 x 22

$3,800

29

Lea, Stanley

Antiques

c.1954

oil on canvas board

18 x 24

$2,600

30

Lester, William

Going for Bait

1957

oil on linen

44 x 30

POR

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Title

Date

Medium

Dimensions (in.) Retail

31

Love, Jim

Milk Bottles with Utters

c.1960

bronze

12 x 10 x 4

NFS

32

Maxwell, Paul

Untitled (Blue Bottles)

1966

oil on canvas

25 x 30

$2,500

33

McConnell, Leila

Eclipse in Blue

1968

oil on canvas

24 x 24

$2,200

34

McManaway, Dave

Jomo Gift

c.1965

mixed media

9 x 9.5 x 4

NFS

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Mears, Herb

Still Life

c.1961

oil on canvas

28 x 75

$8,500

36

Mood, Martha

Safari #9

c.1965-1970 tapestry

89 x 64

$5,000

37

Morris, Robert

Floaters

c.1969

acrylic on board

8 x 10

$1,100

38

Phenix, Harold

Roma

c.1970

watercolor

19.5 x 13.5

$3,800

39

Preusser, Robert

Organic Structures

1938

oil on panel

11.5 x 13.5

$5,000

40

Preusser, Robert

Unknown Location

c.1930s

oil on masonite

8 x 10

$4,200

41

Reily, Bill

Bird and Fish

1952

casein on paper

18 x 23

$4,000

42

Reily, Bill

Scarecrows in a Field

1958

mixed media

14 x 21

$2,600

43

Schiwetz, E.M. “Buck”

Market, New Orleans

c.1955

pastel on paper

13.5 x 17

$7,500

44

Snowden, Chester

Untitled - Factory

c.1960

oil on board

18 x 24

$2,500

45

Spruce, Everett

Peak & Canyon

1956

oil on board

22 x 24

POR

46

Staley, Earl

Abstract Landscape I

1961

mixed media on board

16 x 14

$1,300

47

Staley, Earl

Abstract Landscape II

1961

mixed media on board

18 x 14

$1,300

48

Stout, Richard

Time after Time

1962

oil on canvas

70 x 52

$9,000

49

Sullivan, Stella

Portrait of McCracken

1957

oil on canvas

30 x 24

$3,500

50

Travis, Olin

Barn Near Garland, Texas

c.1950

oil on canvasboard

12 x 16

$7,500

51

Trotter, McKie

Nocturnal

c.1959

casein on masonite

48 x 21

$6,800

52

Uhler, Ruth Pershing

Earth Rhythms #2

c.1935-36

oil on canvas

20 x 24

SOLD

53

Utter, Bror

Men at Work

1950

gouache on paper

20 x 16

$6,500

54

Williams, Charles T.

Cowboy

1949

wood and copper

22.5 x 16 x 16

NFS

55

Williams, Charles T.

Family Group

1959

cast bronze

31 x 27 x 7.7

NFS

56

Wray, Dick

No Good Black Magic

1962

mixed media

16.25 x 20.25

$7,000

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1. David Adickes, Still Life for Ann Holmes, 1957, pen ink and oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches.

2. Bill Bomar, West Immage, c.1965, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 inches.

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3. Harvey Bott, Traceries, 1965, acrylic on scored and etched MDF board, 24 x 19 inches.

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4. Jack Boynton, Drawing Five, 1959, graphite, 10 x 7 inches.

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5. Jack Boynton, Untitled Drawing 1, 1959, graphite, 7.75 x 6.5 inches.

6. Jack Boynton, Untitled Drawing 2, 1959, graphite, 8.75 x 6 inches.

7. Cynthia Brants, Still life with Bones, 1946, oil on canvas, 19 x 32 inches.

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8. Jerry Bywaters, Mexican Mother, 1936, ed. 2 of 50, lithograph, 16.5 x 12.5 inches.

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9. Lowell Collins, Oyster Shucker, 1946, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches.

10. Bill Condon, Cathedral, 1966, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches.

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11. Ben Culwell, Untitled 56-2, 1956, mixed media on board, 20.75 x 44.75 inches.

12. Frank Dolejska, As Ever, 1938, oil on masonite, 15.5 x 16.5 inches.

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13. Otis Dozier, Rooster and Grasshoppers, 1945, oil on masonite, 18 x 24 inches.

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14. Luis Eades, Iguana in my Backyard, 1956, casein on paper, 11.5 x 17.5 inches.

15. Don Edelman, Still Life, 1953, oil on canvas, 19.75 x 25.75 inches.

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16. Kelly Fearing, Little Gold Bird, 1961, gold leaf and watercolor, 10 x 12.5 inches.

17. Kelly Fearing, Saint with a Lion, c.1947, mixed media, 14 x 10 inches.

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18. Seymour Fogel, Buzzards, 1953, encaustic on board, 20 x 24 inches.

19. Fogel, Untitled (Angel verso), 1954, mixed media on masonite, 22 x 43 inches.

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20. Michael Frary, Construction on the Beach, oil on masonite, 17.75 x 23.75 inches.

21. Frank Freed, Picasso, 1957, oil on canvas board, 10 x 8 inches.

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22. Roy Fridge, Wood Construction, c.1965, mixed media, 12.5 x 10 x 4 inches.

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23. Henri Gadbois, White Sands, 1954, oil on canvas, 24 x 34 inches.

24. John Guerin, Landscape (By the Coast), c.1964, oil on canvas, 20 x 25 inches.

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25. Veronica Helfensteller, Earthquake, c.1948, watercolor, 11 x 9.5 inches.

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26. Dorothy Hood, To the Macrocosm, c.1960, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches.

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27. Lucas Johnson, Untitled (People Looking Up), 1970, mixed media on paper, 22 x 34 inches.

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28. Edmund Kinzinger, Young Girl, 1938, oil on board, 26 x 22 inches.

29. Stanley Lea, Antiques, c.1954, oil on canvas board, 18 x 24 inches.

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30. William Lester, Going for Bait, 1957, oil on linen, 44 x 30 inches.

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31. Jim Love, Milk Bottle with Utters, c.1960, 12 x 10 x 4 inches.

32. Paul Maxwell, Untitled (Blue Bottles), 1966, oc, 25 x 30 inches.

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33. Leila McConnell, Eclipse in Blue, 1968, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches.

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34. Dave McManaway, Jomo Gift, c.1965, mixed media, 9 x 9.5 x 4 inches.

35. Herb Mears, Still Life, c.1961, oil on canvas, 28 x 75 inches.

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36. Martha Mood, Safari #3, c.1965-70, tapestry, 89 x 64 inches.

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37. Robert Morris, Floaters, c.1969, acrylic on board, 8 x 10 inches.

38. Harold Phenix, Roma, c.1970, watercolor, 19.5 x 13.5 inches.

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39. Robert Preusser, Location Unknown, c.1930, oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches.

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40. Robert Preusser, Organic Forms, 1938, oil on panel, 11.5 x 13.5 inches.

41. Bill Reily, Bird and Fish, 1952, casein on paper, 18 x 23 inches.

42. Bill Reily, Scarecrows in a Field, 1958, mixed media, 14 x 21 inches.

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43. E.M.”Buck” Schiwetz, Market, New Orleans, c.1955, pastel, 13.5 x 17 inches.

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44. Chester Snowden, Untitled - Factory, c.1960, oil on board, 18 x 24 inches.

45. Everett Spruce, Peak & Canyon, 1956, oil on board, 22 x 24 inches.

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46. Earl Staley, Abstract Landscape I, 1961, mixed media on board, 16 x 14 inches.

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47. Earl Staley, Abstract Landscape II, 1961, mixed media on board, 18 x 14 inches.

48. Richard Stout, Time After Time, 1962, oil on canvas, 70 x 52 inches.

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49. Stella Sullivan, Portrait of David Moncrief, 1952, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches.

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50. Olin Travis, Barn near Garland, Texas, c.1950, oil on canvas board, 12 x 16 inches.

51. McKie Trotter, Nocturnal, c.1959, casein on masonite, 48 x 21 inches.

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52. Ruth Pershing Uhler, Earth Rhythms #2, c.1935-36, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.

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53. Bror Utter, Men at Work, 1950, gouache on paper, 20 x 16 inches.

54. Charles T. Williams, Cowboy, 1949, wood and copper, 22.5 x 16 x 16 inches.

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55. Charles T. Williams, Family Group, 1959, cast bronze, 31 x 27 x 7.5 inches.

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56. Dick Wray, No Good Black Magic, 1962, mixed media, 16.25 x 20.25 inches.

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